[Skol]

Hey there, i gathered some Information on medications and i would love to hear Feedback from people who used or currently are using some of the following:

• Lamotrigine (+SSRI/Clomipramine)
• Clonazepam
• Citalopram
• Escitalopram
• Olanzapin
• Seroquel
• Venlaflaxine

Feel free to comment your experience with any other medication too!
you are also free to share experiences with nutritional Supplements or probiotics as this topic could help people who are looking for a fitting medicational approach to ease things

Greetings

 

[forestx5]

I took paroxetine and venlaflaxine each for over a decade. They were similar in effect and side effects. Probably just a little better than placebo, just like in their trials. I took Seroquel for insomnia. I liked it for insomnia, and nothing else. I took Clonazepam for anxiety during an episode of clinical depression. It was a life saver. Kept 2 x .5mg tabs in my pocket at all times and used them only as a last resort. I know that's now how it is prescribed, but that's how I did it. When my episodes were over, I had no difficulty discontinuing it. I would say the best SSRI i ever took for any length of time was Escitalopram (Lexapro). I took a healthy dose (40mg/day) with no side effects whatsoever. Since having ECT in 2014, I take no meds. I've had 5 major episodes in my life, which exceeds the average number of episodes experienced by major depressives in their lifetime. Hopefully, I'm done with episode of major depression. However, If I have another episode and I choose to live, I will choose ECT over meds.