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View Post: Sex and Psych Drugs - Young Couples Beware
2 Jun 2009 by Evelyn Pringle  
The list of drugs that cause “disorders of arousal” also includes benzodriazepines, SSRIs and Tricyclic antidepressants. These drugs, as well as antipsychotics and amphetamines (ADHD drugs) are reported to cause “orgasmic dysfunction” ...
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View Post: Bipolar Disorder Medication Spotlight: Tricyclics
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7 Aug 2009 by Candida Fink MD   ...
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View Post: Excerpts from Robert Whitaker's "Anatomy of an Epidemic ...
14 Nov 2009 by Signs of the Times  
At the end of 16 weeks (in a study comparing cognitive behavior therapy, interpersonal therapy, the tricyclic antidepressant imipramine and placebo) there were no significant differences among treatments, including placebo plus ... It is well-known that all of the major classes of psychiatric drugs - anti-psychotics, anti-depressants, benzodiazepines, and stimulants for ADHD - can trigger new and more severe psychiatric symptoms in a significant percentage of patients. ...
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View Post: Treatment for Attention Deficit Disorder, ADHD: Conventional vs ...
22 Oct 2009
The most popular types of medications used in treating attention deficit disorder in children and adults include Ritalin, Dexedrine, Adderall and Cyclert. Although these central nervous stimulants are considered the most popular, they do not always ... Tricyclic antidepressants have shown positive results in certain ADD patients when prescribed in the proper dosage. Some of these types of drugs include Tofranil, Elavil, Pamelor, and Norpramin. Monoamine oxidase inhibitors ...
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View Post: Urgent need for better understanding of bipolar disease in ...
22 Oct 2009 by Samanta  
Doctors prescribed antidepressant medications in slightly over one-third of visits by youth and adults. Antidepressant medications contain the older classes of antidepressant medications, such taken in the character of tricyclics, ...
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View Post: Antidepressants and Weight Gain
27 Nov 2009
For instance, when combined with anticonvulsants like Tegretol or Depakote, antidepressants can treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance abuse by addressing underlying depression. ... Tricyclic Antidepressants: One of the oldest antidepressant drugs, tryicyclics work by blocking the reuptake of neurotransmitters like norepinephrine and serotonin. These drugs are least preferred or prescribed these days, since more selective and safer drugs are ...
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View Post: Anatomy of an epidemic — Robert Whitaker « Beyond Meds
29 Oct 2009 by giannakali  
Prozac was touted as the first of a second generation of psychiatric medications said to be so much better than the old. Prozac and the other SSRIs replaced the tricyclics, while the atypical antipsychotics (Risperidone, Zyprexa, etc. ..... It is well known that all of the major classes of psychiatric drugs—antipsychotics, antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and stimulants for ADHD—can trigger new and more severe psychiatric symptoms in a significant percentage of patients. ...
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View Post: SAMe - paxilprogress
14 Oct 2009 by Fish  
Liver disorders, cholestasis, hepatitis; Mood and Pain disorders, autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), histadelia (high histamine), ... Tricyclic & other Antidepressant Medications: SAMe may exhibit similar effects to these medications and enhance their activity therefore close monitoring is suggested. 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5HTP): SAMe may mimic the action and effects of this ...
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View Post: The Role of Histamine in Mental Illness and its Attenuation with ...
15 Nov 2009 by Allison Davis  
There are a number of conventional methods to deal with mental illness, including psychotherapy and pharmaceutical medications. However, both of these types of treatments have their limitations, and pharmaceutical drugs can have many dangerous .... Histamine can cause behavioral depression, and this can be reversed by the antihistamine effects of tricyclic antidepressants (Arrigo-Reina & Chiechio, 1998). Tricyclics have many other actions on neurotransmission as well. ...
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View Post: Antidepressant Medication Lexapro 10mg В« Wellbutrin Brand
27 Sep 2009
They tavee fewer side effecgs than thw tricyclic antidepressants (TCAz) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), ha ir transplant propecis whosh are discussed below. All patients are unique biochemically. ...
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