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Originally Posted by OutlawedSpirit
So I was just release from being inpatient today. I went in Friday to do a complete med overhaul. I was taken off of Abilify and Geodon completely. I was put on 100mg of Trazodone for sleep, 30mg of Cymbalta for depression, 1mg twice a day of Klonopin for anxiety and 450mg twice a day of Lithium. Anyone have any experience with this kind of combo? Or any of these meds individually?
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Hi, sorry to hear, I hate being inpatient-you have no free will in most pysch wards I've been too. I'm no pdoc, but they probably took you off Geodon and Abilify because both will block dopamine, causing depression. Trazodone is overused for sleep, and is an old TCA...you can take up to 450mg. Cymbalta at 30mg probably won't probably do anything, I needed 120mg to help lift my depression. And that's a common dose of Klonopin, if you feel dumb or have a hard time coming up with words it's the Klonopin. And I'm actually on 900mg daily of Lithium and feel a little relief from depression after being on it a couple of weeks. I'd make sure your pdoc does a blood test to check your lithium levels, vitamin b and d levels, thyroid, which they probably did in the psych ward, and if you're male, testosterone levels...then your pdoc can have a better overview of how to treat you! Best of luck. Oh also, I'd recommend the genesight psychotropic test!