Posted by bp peanut on January 30, 2016, at 19:36:03
In reply to Re: med poop out- where to go next (Latuda?) » bp peanut, posted by SLS on January 29, 2016, at 14:55:08
SLS- I'm glad you're still here (as were others but you really seem to know your stuff). You were such a help to me before. I find your brief explanation of the possible issues with Latuda and Remeron interesting. They were the 2 meds I was thinking about trying next. I certainly wouldn't want to make my symptoms worse. My depression is much better than it was when I was here previously and I've really switched from relying totally on meds and am doing alot of behavioral interventions/treatment as well. Still, I want to believe that this anhedonia and lack of motivation isn't something I'm stuck with forever. I just dropped ambien, perphenazine, zyprexa, and ativan, so I feel better about that. We're cutting down from the 20mg adderall to just 10mg, so I feel good about that too. I just worry about stopping antidepressents and antipsychotics because it seems like if I go off of them, they don't work when I go back on them. One problem with being on so many meds is that I don't know which one has pooped out (or indeed if the meds still work fine but environmental factors have changed. Anyway, I don't know where to go next. I have tried almost every drug I can think of that's not a total contraindication with Parnate (seroquel, risperdal, kind of saphris (for about 1 minute- due to horrible taste), abilify, wellbutrin, ritalin, mirapex, trileptal, depakote, tons of SSRIs, topamax, thyroxine, provigil, nortriptyline, and who knows how many others I don't remember. I feel like I'm just out of options. If I can learn to tolerate the taste of saphris, does it have the same contraindications as latuda and remeron? Sorry so long. Feel free to be as "complicated" in your explanation as you want. I've studies receptors and such (it's been a while), but I think I can decipher your points.
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