I have no more psychosis because I’m on antipsychotics, but my depression is horrible to the point where I can barely function. I need help. What medication helped you get rid of your depression?
It depends what you diagnosed with either SZ or SZA @sparkling89 SZA and depression meds don’t have a good outcome as they will make you manic. You may need a mood stabiliser if you have SZA.
Antipsychotics help with my depression. Right now I’m on Caplyta. Caplyta helps more with depression than Geodon did. Although Geodon did help a lot with depression.
Cymbalta helped for a while, until it didnt.
Now taking prozac and Wellbutrin and still trying to keep my head level. Hoping that everything will get better with the spring sunshine.
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Spring weather always lifts my mood.
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Wellbutrin helps mine and Lamictal.
I have crippling depression when unmedicated.
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Trintellix, the AD I’m currently on, has been the best at helping depression. But everyone is different, and everyone reacts differently to various meds. What might be the best for me isn’t necessarily the best for you
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Same here.
It works wonders for me even at such a tiny dose
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I find Lexapro works best. It transmutes my dark feelings into something more manageable. I went off recently and found myself in bed all the time. I’m back on and I hope I didn’t permanently screw things up.
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Currently formally undiagnosed but my psych thinks im schizoaffective.
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What dose of lamictal are you at? At what dose did it start working for you?
Oh I didn’t realise Lamictal was a mood stabiliser…? What’s the UK name for it?
I am at 50cand will be back up to 100 soon. I ran out of meds during a pdoc changeover and was out of all psych meds for a month. So I have to start over.
I need higher doses of meds to see any effect. My wellbutrin is 300 and lamictal supposed stay 100.
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I would be totally psychotic without meds for a month.
Seconding Geodon. Though motivation is another story.
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I suffer from Major Depression, and suffer from crippling emotional agony. I take Venlafaxine and Lithium Carbonate to manage it with good outcome.
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Olanzapine and Vortioxetine helped my depression greatly.
Sorry to hear, depression is by far the worst symptom i have had.
My depressive symptoms eased very much after i increased my dose of Olanzapine / Zyprexa from 5 to 10 mg. Now i can exercise, volunteer and i am much more social.
On 10 mg it’s a whole new and better experience.
Hope you find your meds of choice, everyone is different.
sertraline helps for me.
Fluvoxamine and Fluoxetine worked for me. Currently on Escitalopram and it works well.