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Aug 02, 2022, 11:09 AM
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What meds have helped you with severe depression?
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Aug 02, 2022, 11:28 AM
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Lamictal, out of a medium depression. I guess my severe depression was best helped by ECT. Some other depressions were before my formal diagnosis or ones that were after were sometimes treated with not just bipolar meds, but antidepressants, which inevitably made me manic. The mania, typical and mixed, were always worse than my pure depressions, so the ADs were not good solutions.
Hypomania, mania, and mixed states were usually my biggest issues. I can count my pure depressions on my two hands worth of fingers.
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Dx: Bipolar type 1 Psych Medications: * Tegretol XR (carbamazepine ER) 800 mg * Lamictal (lamotrigine) 150 mg * Seroquel XR (quetiapine ER) 500 mg I also take meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and tachycardia. |
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Aug 02, 2022, 12:03 PM
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I’ve gotten to the point I don’t seek medication for depression for the very reasons Soupe mentioned. The mixed and mania from AD is worse than the depression. I know beyond certainty that the mood is temporary and will change and improve so I am very Buddhisic about it. This too shall pass. I make no major decisions while depressed just endure
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Aug 02, 2022, 12:09 PM
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Prozac pulled me out of a severe depression, but I flew too close to the sun, my wings melted, and I crash-landed in the psych ward. Lithium did a good job at preventing depression but I can't take it anymore. Depakote, although very flattening, does keep me away from a very dark place (probably the best med I can tolerate).
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Aug 02, 2022, 05:09 PM
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Emsam (seligiline) has been the only AD I can tolerate and that works. It is an MAOI but has less restrictions than traditional MAOIs (it's a patch). At the lowest dose there are no restrictions at all. It has virtually no side effects and has continued to work well l for 13 years now. I have always been on an AP and other meds (mood stabilizers, benzos) so that may be why i don't have side effects; they are covered up. But I like it.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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Aug 02, 2022, 05:23 PM
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I don't have bipolar, but I find Wellbutrin very helpful for depression. And I also know people with bipolar who can take Wellbutrin as long as they also take an anti-psychotic. Don't think it can be taken on its own if you're bipolar because of mania.
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Aug 02, 2022, 06:39 PM
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Hi Fuzzy, Even though I have bipolar disorder I have found the SSRI class of meds helpful. They seem to keep me from crashing into severe depression.
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Aug 02, 2022, 10:41 PM
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Hello Fuzzy!
I currently use the SNRI, Cymbalta in addition to Lithium and Geodon to keep from mania. In the past, severe depression required ECT.
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Lithium Duloxatine Busparion. Geodon Vitamin D Levothyroxine Folic Acid |
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Aug 03, 2022, 07:40 AM
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I wish I'd also added Seroquel to my post. Though it is an antipsychotic, I do think it's helped with some depression alleviation in the past. Generally if I'm in a mixed state, raising it can sometimes help. If I'm more purely depressed and very low energy, taking it but at slightly lower doses can make a difference. Most drug info websites say that doses of around 300 mg are recommended for bipolar depression. For mania, 300 mg up to 800 mg. I do think the dose can be different for different people and situations.
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Dx: Bipolar type 1 Psych Medications: * Tegretol XR (carbamazepine ER) 800 mg * Lamictal (lamotrigine) 150 mg * Seroquel XR (quetiapine ER) 500 mg I also take meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and tachycardia. |
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Aug 03, 2022, 09:15 AM
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Celexa has saved me!
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schizoaffective bipolar type PTSD generalized anxiety d/o haldol, prazosin, risperdal and prn klonopin and helpful cogentin |
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Aug 03, 2022, 06:42 PM
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H takes welbutrin and lexapro
I take prozac
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Aug 05, 2022, 10:17 AM
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Aug 07, 2022, 08:07 PM
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I can take Wellbutrin and trintellix at low dose…I have to take other bp meds as well but those seem to help with depression in general.
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