Posted by SLS on July 17, 2016, at 18:33:01
In reply to Re: Geodon reduction / mania anxiety, posted by Horse on July 17, 2016, at 17:01:10
> My doctor told me once that Geodon can provoke activation. Personally, I experienced a delayed breakthrough eight months after adding a medication. My experience and knowledge in these matters is pretty limited.
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> I think klonipin would be better than xanax, and it's more of an anticonvulsant, too. Xanax is best for anxiety attacks.
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> A little lithium could help, although I recall you reacted poorly to it at one point, but 300 mg might do the trick.
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> Can you stomp on this outburst with a couple of doses of AP (zyprexa?).According to Sheila's previous descriptions, the mania, once it evolves, is persistent. I don't think that PRN or short courses of an antimanic or mood stabilizer will be sufficient.
Sheila: If I were you, I would look into the use of multiple antipsychotic drugs. It is not contraindicated. For some reason, people have a strong aversion to taking multiple agents for treating a mental illness. I don't see the logic in that. Personally, I like the idea of doing whatever works, regardless of how many drugs it takes to get there safely and tolerably. The brain operates using innumerable structures and functions. It is not beyond reason that one would need to address multiple sites of dysfunction. If one drug were able to manipulate all of them at once, you would not need a second drug.
A friend of mine could not build a life for herself until she added Saphris to Navane. She has schizoaffective disorder - bipolar type with paranoia. She is working and going to school to become an registered nurse. She has not had a single breakthrough symptom, despite the stress she is under.
Again, it would be helpful to have a list of APs you have taken and how they affected you.
- 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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