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Posted by TriedEveryMedication on June 23, 2022, at 18:01:08
I have TRD and GAD, plus attention/motivational issues and sleep maintenance insomnia.
Taking 50mg Pristiq.
Doc tried having me add Caplyta.
Tried 42mg at night
The good: completely erased my anxiety at 42mg. Just gone.
The bad:
First off, it supposedly helps sleep, but I found myself waking up several timesSecond, the morning after my first dose I was thrown into a very dark place. My depression was so much worse.
I tried a 2nd dose the next night at 21mg. Anxiety was still gone, the dark dark depression was a bit better but still bad.
3rd night I tried 10.5mg. Anxiety came back. Depression was less oppressive. Still a bit of sleep disturbance.
I lasted 3 nights on this stuff. The worsened depression it triggered in me was just unbearable.
Anyway, just posting my experience in case it is of interest
Posted by Christ_empowered on June 24, 2022, at 9:22:00
In reply to Tried Caplyta as an augment to pristiq. no bueno, posted by TriedEveryMedication on June 23, 2022, at 18:01:08
thanks. and...sorry about the drug-induced misery.
I probably (?) need a major tranquilizer in my life. I think its that or a mix of "mood stabilizers." I was curious about Caplyta. I skimmed some rather scathing material about the FDA's approval of Caplyta and the manufacturer's various claims about tolerability and such...
but still curious. what can I say? aripiprazole isn't terrible, but I think I am searching for a neuroleptic that can "get the job done" without some of the adverse effects I suspect aripiprazole may have caused...lower mood and increased obsessiveness (relatively mild), in my case.
so...thank you. and again, sorry about the drug-induced misery. I don't...entirely understand why the new rounds of neuroleptics are given to people with bad depression -already- . back in the day, it was somewhat common for low doses of the old drugs to find use in agitated and/or severe mixed depressive states...
not so much in people who need a mood -boost-. doesn't make sense. then again, its...psychiatry.
thanks again.
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