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Aug 01, 2011 at 07:56 PM
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I was diagnosed several years ago with chronic depression and ADD, along with Bipolar 1. My psychiatrist has tried me on so many different medications and I just can't seem to get to feeling better. It's a dead end every time. I am currently on:
Morning: Addreall XR 20 mg. Zoloft 200 mg. Lamictal 100 mg. Effexor XR 37.5 mg. Night: Trazodone 50 mg. (sleep) Ativan 1 mg. (as needed) I was just wondering if anyone has had any success with a certain medicine or combination of medicine? |
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Aug 01, 2011 at 11:35 PM
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Hi, Prozac really helps my depression. I also take Welbutrin. I am Bipolar 2, mostly depression. We recently added Ritalin to the mix to give me a boost in energy and the depression and it helped. I went a few months without being depressed at all. For my Bipolar, I take Lamictal, Topamax, and Abilify. I beleive the Topamax works very well and I know for sure that Abilfy works great for me, too. It really helped with my anger and agression when I became manic. Hope this helps.
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Aug 01, 2011 at 11:42 PM
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It has taken me seven years to find the right mix of meds.
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Aug 03, 2011 at 01:21 PM
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been working on a med combo for several years as well. Sometimes it seems perfect then mos. later it crashes.
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