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I was recently prescribed this after I told the doctor I just have anxiety, worry and depressed. I read how it has not help some people and even read where it says prescribed if depression in not prominent. How do I know what to do? I mean I take fish oil, vitamin d3, diovan, androgel, concerta, protonix. I take so many meds and life is stil the same downward spiral. Did he make the right decision putting me on trileptal. I was told I had bipolar but I don't have tthe upwards like some. I'm mostly at the depressed end. Can this help with depression along with the other stuff?
Hi James . . .
Treating bipolar depression is challenging. Whiel trileptal occasionally is VERY useful, I have had much more success treating people with such depression with Lamictal. There is no way I can say if it is right for you.
Best regards . . .
Ivan
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Ivan Goldberg, M.D.
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I am a psychiatrist/psychopharmacologist with many years of expereince in treating individuals with depressions, manic-depression (Bipolar Disorder), other mood disorders,. I am especially interested in the psychopharmacologic treatment of individuals with so called "treatment-resistant" syndromes.
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I have been on the staff of the National Institute of Mental Health, Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. I am currently in full-time private practice in New York City.
A.B. Johns Hopkins University
M.D. N.Y.U. College of Medicine
I am the creator of Depression Central:http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.html
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