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What to Do During the Last Two Weeks You’re Waiting for Your Antidepressant to Kick In

By Deborah Posted in Articles, Living with Depression, Treatment Tagged , 2 Replies
Image: Villa Falconieri by John Singer Sargent

Villa Falconieri by John Singer Sargent

If it can be said that there is anything good about depression, this is when you’ll see it. Assuming that you are feeling much better than you did a month ago (and if you’re not, please read A Note about Antidepressant Treatment), you may feel almost as if you’ve been reborn. After having been deprived of the ability to enjoy everything your life has to offer, you’ll notice that colors are brighter, sounds are sweeter, smells and tastes have more depth. Having had a lack of interest in things you normally enjoyed before being depressed, you may find, as I did, that you are all of a sudden interested in everything, even things you never thought about before. Continue reading →

What to Do During the First Two Weeks You’re Waiting for Your Antidepressants to Kick In

By Deborah Posted in Articles, Living with Depression, Treatment Tagged , , Leave a reply
Image: My Room at Beau Rivage by Henri Matisse

My Room at Beau Rivage by Henri Matisse

The key words here are indulge yourself. Listen, you’re having enough trouble getting out of bed every day and going to work or school. You don’t need to push yourself. Think of yourself as an invalid recuperating from a very debilitating illness. You have to pamper yourself, body and spirit. This page is therefore all about “cocooning”, that is, wrapping yourself up in layers of comfort to protect yourself. Continue reading →

Antidepressants Celexa, Lexapro Tied to Irregular Heartbeat: Study

By Deborah Posted in News Tagged , ,

HealthDay News — People taking certain antidepressants, including Celexa and Lexapro, may have a slightly increased risk of developing an abnormal heart beat.Researchers say the drugs, which are in a class of medications called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors SSRIs, may extend the length of electrical activity in the heart, called a QT interval. A long QT interval is an indicator of abnormal heart rhythms."For people who are taking higher doses of citalopram Celexa or escitalopram Lexapro, they should discuss these doses with their doctors," said lead researcher Dr. Roy Perlis, director of the Center for Experimental Drugs and Diagnostics in the psychiatry department at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston."They should absolutely not just stop their medicine," he added.

via Antidepressants Celexa, Lexapro Tied to Irregular Heartbeat: Study.

Ketamine for Depression: The Most Important Advance in Field in 50 Years? – TIME.com

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In any given year, 7% of adults suffer from major depression, and at least 1 in 10 youth will reckon with the disorder at some point during their teenage years. But about 20% of these cases will not respond to current treatments; for those that do, relief may take weeks to months to come.

There is one treatment, however, that works much faster: the anesthetic and “club drug” ketamine. It takes effect within hours. A single dose of ketamine produces relief of depression that has been shown in studies to last for up to 10 days; it also appears to reduce symptoms of bipolar disorder and suicidal thoughts. Now, a new research review published in Science calls the discovery of these effects of ketamine, “”arguably the most important discovery in half a century” of depression research.

via Ketamine for Depression: The Most Important Advance in Field in 50 Years? | Healthland | TIME.com.

Antidepressant Medications at a Glance

By Deborah Posted in Medication for Mood Disorders Tagged , ,
Generic Name
Brand Names
Drug Family
Use
amitriptylineElavil, Typtanol, Saroten, Tryptizoltricyclicantidepressant
bupropionWellbutrin, Wellbutrin SR, Odranalaminoketoneantidepressant
citalopramCelexaSSRIantidepressant
clomipramineAnafranilheterocyclicantidepressant
desipramineNorpramin, Pertofrantricyclicantidepressant
doxepinAdapin, Sinequan, Zonalontricyclicantidepressant
fluvoxamineLuvoxSSRIantidepressant
fluoxetineProzacSSRIantidepressant
mirtazepineRemeron, Remeron SolTabtetracyclicantidepressant, antipanic
nefazodoneSerzonephenylpiperazineantidepressant
nortriptylineAventyltricyclicantidepressant
paroxetinePaxil, AropaxSSRIantidepressant
reboxetineVestra, Edronax, NoreboxsNRIantidepressant
sertralineZoloftSSRIantidepressant
trazodoneDesyrel, Trialodinetriazolopyridineantidepressant