Posted by Christ_empowered on October 17, 2016, at 18:13:58
In reply to Doctor thinks I need a phenylpiperazine? Help!?, posted by SouthernFarmer on October 14, 2016, at 18:14:30
you take a lot of meds. I'm not an MD, but...wow.
I take 4 meds for what is diagnosed as severe bipolar I. Abilify, trileptal, lamictal, and wellbutrin. I take Neurontin as needed.
What about...rexulti, a higher dose of wellbutrin, lamictal, xanax xr (preferably am and PM, but...whatevah) and either keep the nuvigil or switch to ritalin or focalin?
xanax can help some people with depression...at the very least, its not likely to cause or worsen depression to the same extent as, say, Klonopin. I would think the xr should ideally be done 2x daily so you don't wake up with anxiety, although I imagine any bzd at night time would do the trick.
I think ritalin or focalin, so me kinda all day preparation, might be better for depression, unless you really like the NuVigil. I mean...ritalin's been around forever, so there's more data behind it (although...the data behind uppers in depression isn't all that great. Just sayin').
Gabapentin is great for some people, so I guess you'd wanna keep that, too.
Just my suggestions. I wish you well.
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