Posted by linkadge on December 10, 2009, at 20:03:43
In reply to Re: Swapping Parnate for Effexor. » linkadge, posted by SLS on December 10, 2009, at 18:41:44
I feel the same way about lithium. It produces an almost immediate AD effect for me, but after about 2 or 3 days I start to feel more depressed.
I think q10 is a good supplement. It actually helps me sleep and seems to have a positive effect on my short term memory.
Usually (when I can sleep) I take a benzo plus q10 and a bit of creatine. The combination seems to have a synergistic effect on sleep and I seem to have less cognative dysfunction the next day.
Both creatine and q10 are potent antioxidants and have synergistic effects in animal models of neurodegernation.
I don't like NAC as much as it seems to make me more obsessive / agressive feeling. I also havn't been liking alpha-lipoic acid as it seems to make me a little unstable although sometimes it seems to be very useful.
I have been having good effects with theanine lately. I started to have a bad bout of insomnia last week but theanine + melatonin got me back on track fast.
In terms of my depression, somtimes the stimulating AD's make me better but sometimes I need the sedating ones. Sometimes AD stop working and some sort of gabaergic med (epival, benzo, theanine) makes me less depressed.
Have you ever tried gabapentin? Tegretol + TCA combinations have also been good for some.
I think for mood disorders its just balancing the inhibitory and excitory. Too much of either can produce depresison. Having a stimulating med and a more sedating one to play around with can help.
For instance, I did well with effexor plus zyprexa. I could often reduce relapses by altering the dose of one or the other.
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