Posted by SLS on May 2, 2009, at 17:26:00
In reply to Re: drug for motivation! » SLS, posted by garnet71 on May 2, 2009, at 16:39:44
> Scott--looking for your opinion here--If my PDoc thought I had BP--why after all these years would he let me try all these (non BP) treatments, treatments that end up failing? Why wouldn't he have suggested something like Lamictal? I mean, isn't that easy to get - isn't that pretty standard?
It is hard to know what goes on in the mind of your doctor. Perhaps he is not convinced that you are bipolar in such a way that you would profit from using anticonvulsants. However, Lamictal can help as an augmenter in both unipolar and bipolar depressions. Abilify exerts antidepressant effects that are worth exploring, no matter what the diagnosis is. I would consider these types of strategies if you have not been sufficiently helped with standard unipolar treatments.
Have you tried combining an SRI with a tricyclic? I had a certain amount of success with Effexor + nortriptyline.
- Scott
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