Posted by linkadge on July 3, 2009, at 18:21:31
In reply to Re: Going back to old-school - lithium. » linkadge, posted by SLS on July 3, 2009, at 17:35:59
25mg is a lowish dose of 5-htp. I have used it intermittently with an MAOI without problem (not sure about with nortriptyline though).
>What do you think about taking N-acetylcysteine >(NAC)?
I personally don't like the stuff - but it depends on your symtpoms. I found NAC made me very irritable. Alpha lipoic acid was better (for me at least).
You might try sleep deprivation in combination with lithium. There is some evidence of sustaining the AD effect of lithium with periodic SD.
I remember when I was taking lithium + clomipramine. I would be fine for about 4 days then start to crash into depression. At this point I would skip the evening medication dose, pull an all nighter and take meds as usual the next night. This would last for another 4-5 days.
It can be a little taxing on the system (you have to prepare a completely stress free day the next day). But it quickly got me out of a bad funk.
Its great though. I remember feeling like trash (all anxious, worthless, hyper ruminative), then about 2:30 something started to shift over the course of about 5 minutes. Then all of a sudden..normal.
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