Posted by JohnX2 on March 11, 2002, at 21:30:09
In reply to Re: Switching to Celexa/maybe Wellbutrin?, posted by maribeth on March 7, 2002, at 8:20:47
> John -
> There are not words to describe my gratitude to you!! At last SOMEONE "out there" has taken the time to listen and at least attempt to explain nonjudmentally, what might have happened over those awful days. I plan to take your reply to my pdoc when I see him in two weeks.
> To answer your two questions: Yes, I was treated for the psychosis with Zyprexa in the hospital. That was switched to Seroquel after about a year. Secondly; this weird illness is a family thing, but it is not bipolar. It can be traced back to my great-grandmother, several great-aunts, my mother, and several daughters of cousins. Always women, usually beginning between the ages of fifteen and twenty.
> Of four generations,
> out of twenty women -- nine are know affected with thre more possibly, inluding three suicides. MAOI's seem to help one cousin, but no one has done well on mood stabalizers that we know of.
> Sorry to bore you with family history! Thank you again, I shall keep you posted ! MaribethHi Maribeth,
Have ever been placed on a trial of an MAOI inhibitor like Parnate?
It seems like you indicated a success in your family on that class of
medicine. Also it works well as a replacement somtimes for stimulant
activity. I'm just wondering because sometimes people are
just "geared" to the different classes of medicines for whatever reason.
It seems some pdocs will shy away from the MAOIs when
they may do the trick for somebody.The information I sent you about the Prozac/Wellbutrin interaction was just
an educated guess on my behalf. It doesn't really explain
to well all the history in your family. It may apply to your case
in particular though. Again, I want to reiterate that I am not a
physician, these are just my opinions and some observations
I have made on some medicines.Please drop a line at let us know how it goes.
I don't have my email set up; I'd prefer to just
keep things over the newsgroup if that's alright?please take care,
John
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