Suggest Treatment For Severe Anxiety And Depression While On Prozac

Posted on Sun, 12 Mar 2017

Question: I was on proac in the late 80 for depression after abo9ut 10 years i became very agitated and anger driven. I am now hjaving the same results after 7 months with nuedextra. I am feeling een worse that with the prozac. I am a 59 women who9 was brought up in society in upper class nyc. yesterday i started a fight in the mall, two fights in walmart and one some where else i think ni am having the same reaction to nuedextra as i di to prozac

Answered by Dr. Alexander H. Sheppe (8 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Consultation

Detailed Answer:
Hello, and thanks for your question.

If you are experiencing these symptoms 7 months on Nuedexta, I agree that it is time to stop this medication. If you are looking for an alternative to treat anger and outbursts, consider Depakote (since you have already tried lithium and lamotrigine), or an atypical neuroleptic medication such as aripiprazole or lurasidone.

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Follow up: Dr. Alexander H. Sheppe (16 minutes later)

Depakote is one of the many drugs I have been on and I don't have the information with me cuz I'm at the library right now to give you the list of all the drugs I've been on and I suffer from severe depression and PTSD as well as this anger that you know just seems to blow up in my face

Answered by Dr. Alexander H. Sheppe (9 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Followup

Detailed Answer:
In that case, I would try an atypical neuroleptic medication such as aripiprazole or lurasidone, which have been proven useful for management of both depression and anger.

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