Posted by SLS on July 24, 2012, at 15:42:59
In reply to Re: Taken these meds without success. MAOI time? » hearttransplant, posted by jedi on July 24, 2012, at 2:56:15
Hi Jedi.
:-)
Long time no see. How have you been?
I have been much improved since adding prazosin to my treatment regime at the beginning of the year.
Currently:
Parnate 80 mg
nortriptyline 150 mg
Lamictal 200 mg
Abilify 10 mg
lithium 300 mg
prazosin 8 mg.I know that this seems like quite a list, but it has been carefully honed over a period of several years. I could possibly do without the lithium and still maintain an antidepressant response, but I keep it in place to help prevent Alzheimers Disease. People with bipolar disorder have a significantly higher risk of developing it, and lithium might have a prophylactic effect. My intuition tells me that lithium is helping to prevent mood drift. At a relatively low dosage of 300 mg/day, lithium is less likely to damage kidneys or the thyroid gland.
Have a nice day.
- Scott
Some 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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