Posted by SLS on January 2, 2020, at 20:09:32
In reply to Re: Gabitril and suicidal ideation-UPDATE » SLS, posted by phidippus on January 2, 2020, at 17:50:50
> I'm taking Gabitril for neuralgia and am hoping it helps with my anxiety. I'm up to 8 mg and so far it seems to be taking the edge off. It is not helping with the neuralgia but I don't think it will until I reach higher doses
> Trintellix is the only antidepressant that has ever worked for me and I have been on all of them. Right now I'm at 15 mg and I think that's where I'll keep it.
That's great news. I'm happy that you are finally being rewarded for your persistence.
The past 18 months have been hellish for me. Extremely. I got sick and tired of taking Parnate with only a marginal improvement. It was a rather barren existence, even though I had more mental energy to work with. I have been around in a circle going from Parnate to Trintellix to Effexor - twice. I even tried Nardil again. Trintellix produced some encouraging improvements, but there was no one dosage that provided a stable remission. Perhaps I should have persisted with it. Right now, I am taking Effexor at 300 mg/day. I was up to 450 mg/day for awhile, but I felt weird and became dysphoric. It's been a roller coaster ride - both biologically and emotionally. I'm not too bad today. We'll see about tomorrow. I get hints of improvement here and there, so I haven't given up on it. One aspect of my depression (bipolar) is anhedonia. Parnate doesn't help at all with that. Nardil does, though. For me, I get the impression that Effexor has more potential to improve anhedonia than Parnate.
How long did it take for you to respond to Trintellix?
> Ps. How do you edit your signature again?
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