Posted by Phidippus on November 3, 2011, at 12:41:30
In reply to Re: Latuda as an adjunct to antidepressant?, posted by Doll Face on November 3, 2011, at 12:18:57
> > I am hoping to get my depression and anxiety >back under control - I was doing fine for quite >a while but the sadness, guilt, apathy are >present all the time inspite of my longtime use >of effexor. The Adderall if for attention and >focus issues.
Adding Latuda gives you the benefit of its 5ht1a agonism, which will help with depression and anxiety.
Abilify has some of the same mechanism of action, but also does a bunch of other funky stuff which make it capricious at times. It really is a messy drug.
The problem seems to me that the Effexor might just not be working for you anymore. You may have to move on to another drug. Have you considered Cymbalta? It is an SNRI just like Effexor. I'm saying look at going onto another antidepressant.
I'm 3 days on the Latuda and am enjoying it thoroughly.
Eric
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