Posted by SLS on December 30, 2015, at 12:33:08
In reply to Re: Dysautonomia caused by Seroquel and other APs, posted by SilentScream on December 23, 2015, at 22:48:53
> Hello, guys.
Hi.
Sorry I didn't notice your post earlier.
> The dysautonomia was not diagnosed as a stand alone condition, but rather as likely side effect from seroquel and hypothyroidism. However, the symptoms were always there... since birth, maybe. As I said, geodon and seroquel were th ebiggest offenders on making it worse.
Ouch. What symptoms in particular did these drugs make worse?
> Plan is: wait for things to go back to normal, hang on with alprazolam to take the edge off and allow me to sleep. ( I dont want to treat emerging mania with benzos fully, I rather be hypomanic than go back on the high dose benzo wagon of doom!).
Understandable. There are plenty of functional hypomanic people. Sometimes, it is better to not treat such individuals.
I found valproate to be a potent antimanic drug.
> Then I might try oxcarbazepine. I rather not mess with lithium or antipsychotics for now, I need to give my body a break. If I need an antidepressant effect, I might take inositol and fish oil - works good enough.
I apologize for not remembering, but have you tried Lamictal for bipolar depression?
> Also, my endocrinologist will probably raise my T4 after I get some blood tests done. It seems that I'm one of those who's bipolar disorder responds well to levothyroxine supplementation and I need to lower my TSH a little more. Can't say how well I feel taking T4, I guess I've always had an off thyroid but it was barely noticeable most of the time.
Cytomel (triiodothyronin / T3) was considered the thyroid hormone of choice when studies were first conducted combining it with tricyclic antidepressants. Cytomel made my bipolar depression much worse. I found thyroxine (T4) somewhat helpful.
> Anyways, I've been recently through many emergency room visits and appointments with many specialists.... Most think my dysautonomia symptoms are psychiatric disorder related and not fully neurologic or cardiovascular. However they told me to watch out for those kinds of symptoms and keep a close eye on my heart, pressure and signs of neuron/nerve damage.
Was somatization mentioned?
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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