One of the difficulties in long-term management of psychotic illnesses is that of compliance with medications used for the treatment of psychosis and depression. In a previous entry I discussed the issue of taking medication regularly in terms of psychiatric illness in general, but this can ...
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Depression After Psychosis
Christina Bruni
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 12:12 PM -
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Friday, February 08, 2008 at 01:54 PMI will just add that sometimes it is necessary to take more than one medication to effectively treat depression. Right now I take Trazodone, Deplin, Wellbutrin and Zoloft every day, as well as Zyprexa. Periodically the mix has to be changed to adjust to my very sneaky and underhanded depression. It tries to insinuate itself into my life any it can.
Carolyn
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Dr. Ballas:
This post you wrote I am sure is of great benefit to everyone.
When I arrived home after my breakdown in 1987, I had to "clean up." In a burst, when I had my break, I messed up my room, and threw papers and journals and books all around the place. I even lost my bank book. After, I was left with the wreck.
The second time, when I relapsed and was hospitalized for two weeks, when I returned home, the psychiatrist prescribed Pamelor for six months to deal with the depression that followed. I stopped taking the Pamelor because when I woke up in the morning, I couldn't get out of bed. My body was like a lead weight.
With a dosing change, I was no longer "dead" in the morning. I recommend anyone who is put on an anti-depressant take it for as long as the doctor believes it will be beneficial.
Indeed, there's a great benefit to adjunct anti-depressant treatment.
I would tell anyone never to give up and keep the faith.
Thanks again for your great blog.
Regards,
Chris
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