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Posted by craiggetty on September 21, 2006, at 18:07:59
can someone give me the scoop on the effectiveness of mood stabilizers (lithium, lamactil, etc.) on dysthymia/cyclothymia condition (i.e. no mania, low energy, poor motivation & concentration)?
side effects? can these drugs be combined with antidepressants and stimulants?
Posted by Emily Elizabeth on September 21, 2006, at 22:07:37
In reply to mood stabilizers for unipolar/atypical depression?, posted by craiggetty on September 21, 2006, at 18:07:59
Lithium is one of the oldest and most-researched augmenters for unipolar depression. It was pretty helpful for me, but not the whole solution.
It can be combined w/ AD's (and usually is) and stimulants.
Lamictal works for some people, but didn't do anything for me.
Best,
EE
Posted by Phillipa on September 21, 2006, at 22:25:01
In reply to Re: mood stabilizers for unipolar/atypical depression?, posted by Emily Elizabeth on September 21, 2006, at 22:07:37
Lamictal didn't help me either it made me angry and the excess salivation and spitting was horrible. Love Phillipa
Posted by craiggetty on September 22, 2006, at 15:56:59
In reply to Re: mood stabilizers for unipolar/atypical depression?, posted by Emily Elizabeth on September 21, 2006, at 22:07:37
Thanks. For some reason none of my pdocs over the last several years have mentioned it. I've even tried MAOIs, but Lithium never even came up so I assumed it was used only for bipolar and/or had bad side effects.
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