Posted by detroitpistons on February 28, 2009, at 12:29:52
In reply to Re: Lamictal optimal dosage, posted by n_wolfie on February 27, 2009, at 16:51:59
FYI...On 200mg of Lamictal, my memory was screwed up enough that people at work noticed, and it was embarassing. I went down to 100mg, and the situation improved a lot.
> Thank you so much!! At least now I can eliminate one variable. Memory is very very slowly improving, (but still not functional) don't know if because of lamictal reduction or nardil helping my depression. The waiting is torture...every time i up the nardil i have to go through another round of side effects. 2 mos so far. And my doc will likely up it again. another mo of side effects. And reducing the Lamictal gives me a miserable week of rebound depression. And I'm so, so tired and unmotivated, but I don't know if that's Nardil or depression either. It's so hard, this is time that I can never get back, that just passes me by while i sit in bed.
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> > The Nardil is not making you dumb. Read below.
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> > Department of Psychobiology, University of Valencia, Blasco Ibáñez, 21, E-46010 Valencia, Spain. [email protected] <[email protected]>
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> > This is a selective review of the literature concerning the effects of antidepressant drugs on animal memory, which was performed with the aid of the PubMed database. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors tend to either have no effect on memory or result in its improvement. Studies with cyclic antidepressants have reported no effect or, more often, memory impairments. Pre-training administration of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) has been shown to have either no effect on memory or undermine it (with some isolated exceptions, in which improvements have been recorded), while post-training administration of SSRIs has been demonstrated to improve memory or have no effect. A small group formed by the remaining antidepressants has been shown to improve memory, with the exception of trazodone, which impairs memory. These findings are discussed in the light of knowledge regarding the actions of antidepressants on several neurotransmission systems. The possibility that the effects of antidepressants on memory are the core of the therapeutic effects of these drugs is also considered.
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> > PMID: 17761406 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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