Posted by Jeffrey on February 5, 2004, at 13:42:25
In reply to Re: Please help me I am still suffering - My story, posted by HappyGirl on February 5, 2004, at 13:26:07
> Hi Jeffery:
> Risperdal is a strong AP med., in a way it might be more potent than Zyprexa.
> Frankly, I rarely heard/read Risperdal is good for 'augumentation,' rather this med. alone ... 'mono-therapy' for 'Shizophrenia' and/or similar form to classify more severe form of M.I.
> In my guess, being a lawyer(that I read somewhere in one of your posts, here), your life is practically much more stressful than any other office workers. Then, your pdoc. seems to get aggressive treatment to fix your problem. Also, even Remeron dosage, I wonder you went 'very slowly' to get therapeutic level. Otherwise, you might have experienced 'terrible side-effects.' Most of psycho.- meds. needed to move 'slowly,' like starting from tiniest dosage to effective dosage your system needs.
> In my other suggestion, ... since you have depression along with Anxiety, ask 'Seroquel' as I mentioned in my previous post, ... for 'test.
> If this med., Seroquel that is most mild form of AP, either does NOT help or bad reaction from Seroquel, ... then you may have to rule out 'AP is NOT for you,' because all of AP med., Zyprexa, Risperdal, and few newer ones are all same family. In other word, one of AP family does NOT do anything for you, then you need to look for other family, like Serzone. However, there is a lot of 'issues' in regard to Serzone because of 'Liver Issue' among few of Serzone takers, then ONLY your pdoc. knows whether Serzone is good for you. Firstoff, you need 'a strong Liver,' if you have NO confidence on your liver, then Serzone is OUT of list to eliminate from the list.
> That's all I know so far.
> H.G.
Thanks again for taking the time to write. We cant get Serzone in Canada anymore. I will mention to my pdoc that I read that other AP's are less potent than Risperdol and see what he says. So augmenting with an AP makes more sense than neurontin or similar drug type? Thanks again.
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