Posted by papillon2 on June 14, 2012, at 2:07:10
In reply to Re: not psychotic depression, posted by emmanuel98 on June 13, 2012, at 18:45:18
I think it would be worthwhile discussing with your doctor the suitability of adding another augmentative medication to the mix.
It sounds like what you might be dealing with are repetative, intrusive thoughts? You can have this without it being psychosis. Lithium is good for taking an axe to these. It did wonders for my suicidal ideation which was constant and so so exhausting.
I had uncontrollable weight gain on Zyprexa but not on Lithium, both of which were used in doses suitable as augmentive agents for MDD. The side effects with Lithium are largely dose-dependent. While weight gain is common with doses suitable for bipolar disorder, at a low dose you -- like me -- may not have that problem.
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