Posted by SLS on April 16, 2016, at 7:29:04
In reply to Re: medication: high cholesterol and triglycerides?, posted by Lamdage22 on April 16, 2016, at 7:07:05
I would change a few things in the order of the list, but it is a nice way to configure a chart.
Wellbutrin is one drug that deserves to be further down the list in my opinion. Almost any antidepressant has the potential to trigger mania in a susceptible individual. However, Wellbutrin may be one of the least likely to do this. That has been the traditional position taken by doctors.
Funny - when Wellbutrin was first being studied, a few clinical investigators thought that it might actually act as a mood stabilizer.
By the way, a close friend of mine has schizoaffective disorder. Her schizoid symptoms include paranoia. She always thought that there was an intruder in the house. She was tried on Abilify and Seroquel to no avail. (I think the Abilify interfered with the Seroquel, but that's another story). Her doctor in the hospital made a brilliant move and placed her on Navane (thiothixene). It abolished the psychosis, but left her moderately depressed. Adding Saphris (asenapine) changed her life. She is now going to nursing school to become a RN and is working a job at the same time. Of course, I would love to see what would happen if the Navane were discontinued, but I wouldn't want her to change a thing if it is working so completely. Saphris cleared up her thinking, speeded up her sluggish thoughts, gave her more energy to accomplish things, and rid her of depression.
- 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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