Posted by xbunny on July 28, 2005, at 17:57:23
In reply to *PLEASE* help, posted by med_empowered on July 28, 2005, at 16:05:45
Sorry to hear your having a hard time you sound like a really intelligent and pleasant guy, I know just how it feels to feel like your life is slipping away whilst you battle illness.
If I were you I might try some more low dose antipsychotic and antidepressant combos. Since low dose abilify was a partial success I would start with that. Theres lots to try so dont give up hope remember to try all dose combinations, I try to keep a mental chart of how much something worked and what the problems with it were so I can keep coming up with combinations and doses, I have even in my more geeky times been known to draw venn diagrams and graphs to try to find suitable ideas from the overlap of effects - bit of a headscrew when your feeling ill though.
Personally I really recommend mirtazapine as an antidepressant to combine with an antipsychotic. I think one reason is that its so good for sleep - not sleeping all the time knackered sleep but quality restful sleep - I think it combines well since it doesnt seem to potentiate the antipsychotics. I took effexor then clomipramine with zyprexa and I felt both intensified the bad effects (akathasia, emotional blunting etc) of the zyprexa - not so with mirtazapine.
If they work for you then a benzo like diazepam might be a helpful addition to an antidepressant also.
An off the wall thing to investigate might be amoxapine since you have depression, insomnia and some psychosis amoxapine might target them all.Dont give up hope, As a guru used to say, "what the mind can conceive, the body will acheive."
Best Regards, Bunny
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