Posted by doxogenic boy on August 31, 2009, at 17:11:58
In reply to Re: My medication history 1994 to 2009 » doxogenic boy, posted by SLS on August 31, 2009, at 4:38:14
> How did you respond to clomipramine and venlafaxine?
Some additional information about venlafaxine:
Started 15th of May 2002.
27th of June 2002: 450 mg daily
Used 450 mg/day till January 2003, discontinued February same year. (Tapered down gradually, and stopped with clonazepam at the same time).Venlafaxine worked OK, but pooped out, such as
all SSRIs and SNRIs. I am sorry that I can't remember more in detail. Generally, I can say that I have discontinued meds because of
either1)More anxiety and/or worsening of depression
2)Lack of effect
3)Loss of effect or
4)Unbearable side effects.But it is possible that some meds can be given a new trial, because the illness can have been changed and they can work different with my current cocktail.
I haven't much notes about response and side effects from my meds, mostly it is just the doses.
I remember better the best and worst experiences with my meds.
There are probably some meds I could have used longer before I declared it as a failed trial, but if the illness is getting worse, I haven't much choice but to stop it before it is getting dangerous.
> Did you find Prozac helpful at all? 60mg?
Correction to myself:
I couldn't find any higher dose than 40 mg.
Started with fluoxetine 17th of July 2001,
stopped in February 2002.
Before the fluoxetine, I used nortriptyline ("Noritren" in my country) for about five months.
It had some effect, but I wasn't satisfied.The only SSRI that had no effect at all, was sertraline in 2004 from 29th of September, gradually up to 200 mg.
It seems like my depression doesn't respond to SSRIs in monotherapy any longer.
I suppose a depression can be more treatment resistant when one has used a lot of meds and have been ill for a long time.
I have taken 0,088 mg X 2 of pramipexole today, increases to 0,088 X 3 tomorrow.
Can quetiapine block the effect of pramipexole?What about tranylcypromine + trimipramine + tianeptine + quetiapine?
Do you have any advice to what I can do next?
doxogenic
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