Posted by dcruik518 on August 8, 2008, at 11:45:06
In reply to Re: Success stories for meds for anxiety/depressio, posted by dcruik518 on August 8, 2008, at 10:56:16
> I experience complete remission and then some on the following:
>
> 90 mg nardil
> 2 mg clonazepam
> 300 mg trazodone at night
>
> This combo totally wiped out my social anxiety and severe dysthymia--i.e., non-stop depression since adolescence. It also took care of some mild ADD. I decided to stop taking the nardil, though, because I was getting dangerously overweight on it.
>
> I am not doing as well now as I was on the Nardil, but my current cocktail definitely helps and I experience very few side effects. I am not in remission though, but definitely better than I without the meds. Current cocktail:
>
> Pristiq 50 mg
> Clonazepam 4 mg
> Abilify 10 mg
> Trazodone 100 mg
> Neurontin 1200 mg
> Adderall 60 mgI realize six medications is a lot and I'm taking more than would be ideal. I also occassionally take Requip for sleep. I would like to trim my meds down to 3 or 4 at most as I'm sure that would be safer. I just don't know what I can cut from this current regimen as everything on it does something different that helps me in some way. I'm thinking, however, if I found a more ideal antidepressant treatment, I might be able to cut out a few of these. I'm really interested in the Zoloft + Nortryptyline combo, which some people and researchers are saying is especially effective. See: http://www.psychotropical.com/dual_action_ads.shtml
I think I might be able to cut the trazodone by taking the Nortryptyline at night. Also the Pristiq and perhaps the Abilify, which are both really expensive. And maybe the neurontin if the combo does a good enough job treating my anxiety.
We'll see.
~Dwight
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