Posted by jjjaspar on December 13, 2010, at 21:14:25
In reply to Taking vitamins with antidepressants, posted by Lao Tzu on December 9, 2010, at 12:45:34
Yes, if the vitamins or other treatment are correcting an underlying problem, the medications to suppress the symptoms they no longer have may be too much -- and the person may experience overdose symptoms or side-effects, meaning the medication dosage may need to be lowered.
The problem with that can be then that lowering medications can cause withdrawal symptoms (http://itsnotmental.blogspot.com/2010/02/bipolar-and-off-her-meds.html).
It is all probably be best supervised by doctors collaboratively, say by an integrative medical specialist and the psychiatrist.
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