anxiety and depression

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I have to agree with the last statement. Being a nurse, someone who has dealt

with anxiety and depression and someone that tries to live a more holistic

lifestyle, those medication DO have their purpose. I would be very careful about

advice given through these blogs and do your own thorough research.

 

      " Doing the right thing is just the right thing to do "

 

--- On Tue, 3/9/10, ocnstuff <ocnstuff wrote:

 

ocnstuff <ocnstuff

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So you know, sometimes the depression is so bad that the doctors cannot

get it under control with just antidepressants and that is why they add the

stronger stuff as a mood stabilizer to give the antidepressants a chance. This

doctor may not be going overboard at all. If the depression is that bad...and I

know that feeling...it can take a lot to get up far enough above that funk.

 

 

 

Alternative- Medicine- Forum@ s.com, " whirlwind9999 "

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> First off - do NOT put her on 5-HTP with the medications she is on...

contraindications are listed below.

 

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> Secondly - How much research have you done on your mother's medications?

 

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> You say she is suffering from anxiety and depression, yet a couple of her

medications are antipsychotics (schizophrenia etc). Who has diagnosed her and

why is she on such a wide variety of very strong medications? I'm no doctor,

but I would have thought if she " only " had depression, she would only be given

an antidepressant. If it were me, I would challenge her doctor about all these

medications and what the diagnosis is and then get a second or third opinion.

Looks like someone is just taking a shot-gun approach to treating her. But

again I am only a lay person and this is only what I would do.

 

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> Thirdly, if I were you I would also read up on work done by Dr. Carl C.

Pfeiffer (Mental and Elemental Nutrients) and Dr. Abram Hoffer. Then contact

these people http://www.hriptc. org/index. php. They specialise in treating

mental illnesses with an orthomolecular nutrition approach and it sounds like

your mother needs professional help coming off medications and getting healthy.

 

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> And lastly... here is just some information I found about your mother's

medications on a couple of medical databases which shows what types of

medication these are and contraindications:

 

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> 1. Wellbutrin SR - Antidepressants

 

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> Contraindication: Combining serotonergic antidepressants with 5-HTP

(L-Tryptophan) might increase the risk of serotonergic side effects including

serotonin syndrome and cerebral vasoconstrictive disorders such as Call-Fleming

syndrome (Singhal et al). These drugs include the selective serotonin reuptake

inhibitors (SSRIs) such as fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline

(Zoloft), and others; and tricyclic and atypical antidepressants such as

amitriptyline (Elavil), clomipramine (Anafranil), imipramine (Tofranil), and

others.

 

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> Singhal AB, Caviness VS, Begleiter AF, et al. Cerebral vasoconstriction and

stroke after use of serotonergic drugs. Neurology 2002;58:130- 3.

 

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> 2. Xanax - Benzodiazepines - to treat anxiety and panic attacks

 

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> Contraindication: 5-HTP and L-Tryptophan contraindicated because of added

sedation effect.

 

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> 3. Seroquel - Atypical Antipsychotics - an antipsychotic. It is used to

treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depression.

 

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> 4. Haldol - to treat schizophrenia

 

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> 5. Temazepam - to help you to fall asleep and sleep through the night.

 

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> (Note: L-Tryptophan is the precursor to 5-HTP which is the precursor to the

neurotransmitter serotonin)

 

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> And whatever you do don't have her just stop medication, she could end up

feeling worse not better - antidepressants for sure need to be tapered off of

very gradually, so I wouldn't be surprised if the other meds were the same.

 

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