Posted by SLS on June 14, 2012, at 6:15:37
In reply to Re: not psychotic depression, posted by papillon2 on June 14, 2012, at 2:07:10
> I think it would be worthwhile discussing with your doctor the suitability of adding another augmentative medication to the mix.
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> 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.
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> 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.Nice post.
Did you find that lithium leaves you in a passive state of mind with fewer aggressive impulses? I sometimes wonder if these things contribute to the anti-suicide properties of lithium. Is anxiety a component to your depression? If so, does lithium reduce this as well?
Intrusive thoughts can seem much like having an involuntary conversation between the self and an unwanted, altered self. Ruminations can complicate or amplify this. Treating the ruminations as being part of depression or OCD might help reduce the density of intrusive thoughts. I find CBT helpful in recognizing ruminative, intrusive thoughts when they occur, and perform reality checks that allow for the rejection of these negative thoughts as they are understood to be part of the illness.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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