Posted by Chloe on October 8, 2001, at 8:48:00
In reply to Do I need to go on PAXIL again ??, posted by Janelle on October 6, 2001, at 12:58:20
From my own personal experience, where the BP2 diagnosis is fuzzy, I think a small amount of an effective AD can be prudent. In your case Paxil.
I take 1 mg of Celexa (the usual starting dose of Celexa is 20 mgs!) to augment my Lithium and Neurontin. It's amazing that such a small dose of an SSRI can put the spark back into me. Without it I drag, and just have no "verve" for life.
I too was on Lamictal, it clearly has nice AD effect. But not like an SSRI. Some how the SSRI's are unique and work very well for some people. You might be one of those that just needs a splash of Paxil to feel "right". And by taking a subtherapeurtic dose there is the lower side effect profile ie, less weight gain or sexual dysfunction, etc.
I hope your pdoc will be open minded to your adding back a smidge of a med that really seemed to work for you.
Take care,
Chloe
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