Posted by phidippus on August 11, 2012, at 18:26:31
In reply to Re: Long term efficacy of antipsychotics, posted by schleprock on August 10, 2012, at 19:17:07
>My pdoc steered me away from Lyrica, Neurontin, >etc because AAs have antidepressent qualities.
Lyrica and Neurontin are anticonvulsants used to treat epilepsy and off-label to treat anxiety. Neither have any antidepressant qualities.
Geodon is an atypicall antipsychotic which has some antidepressant qualities. One of these antidepressant qualities is that Geodon is an SNRI or seratonin norepenephrine reuptake inhibitor. Geodon is also a 5ht1a partial agonist, which helps treat depression and anxiety.
Latuda is an atypical antipsychotic wwhich also fully agonises 5ht1a receptors, making it a potent antidepressant.
Risperidone is a centrally acting atyipical antipsychotic with high affinity for dopamine receptors. It has no antidepressant qualities.
Your best choices for augmenting antidepressants are Geodon, Seroquel, Abilify and Latuda. Youu shouldn't let the side effects scare you off any medicine.
You're good increasing the dose of a medication if it doesn't seem to be working.
Eric
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