Posted by chumbawumba on June 21, 2012, at 15:09:03
In reply to Re: Hey Zoloft, Klonopin, Lamictal » chumbawumba, posted by porkpiehat on June 21, 2012, at 10:55:25
There is a school of thought that believes that antidepressants are destabilizing for people with bipolar disorder. I'm not sure if that is true for everyone with bipolar but I think it's true for me, at least when it comes to anything that is SSRI-ish. This link gives some food for thought.
http://www.psycheducation.org/bipolar/controversy.htm
Right now I take trazodone and seroquel in low doses. I have a lot of trouble sleeping and the combo is like an elephant tranquilizer. Trazodone doesn't seem to push me over the edge like other antidepressants do.
I think one thing I've learned the hard way is to not change more than one thing at a time. If I do and I feel different then I don't know what made the difference.
I'm pretty sure benzodiazepines like Klonopin exacerbate depression. If you have severe anxiety though it's a tough call. If you have bipolar disorder though I would be wondering if an antidepressant like Zoloft is actually causing some of your anxiety.
I took Lamictal for a while at up to 400 mg per day and it didn't affect my sex drive. I would suspect the Zoloft as the cause of your decreased sex drive unless the decreased sex drive specifically occured only after adding Lamictal to the mix. You could try taking Gingko Biloba daily. That helped my sex drive. I really started to feel the improvement in sex drive at about four Gingko capsules per day.
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