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Question by AspenTree13: Ideas for treatment of depression?
So I have difficult to treat depression. Was on Lexapro 20 mg for like 5 years…and felt fine…then all of a sudden the depression came on again. Tried Effexor instead of Lexapro…and it gave me panic attacks. Than put on Paxil 40mg but it put me at about the same state as the Lexapro. Then the doctor put me on Vyprexa…which seemed to help stabilize my mood but I gained 20 lbs in like a month. So then I wanted to change meds again. So the doc tried to just take me off the Vyprexa and I got super depressed. So she tried me on Lithium…because it was cheap…but it didn’t seem to help any and was giving me a bunch of side effects. So came off the Lithium and tried Welbutrin…and since starting the Welbutrin have had migraines all week. Doctor wants to take me off the welbutrin and see if it improved my migraines…and increase my paxil to 60 mg a day. The doctor seems to want to put me back on an antipsychotic…but they are so expensive…and I’m really worried about gaining weight. The doc thinks that Abilify will work well for me and won’t make me gain weight. I’m not really sure what to do but I could really use a second opinion…I appreciate your time and consideration.    Read more...