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brslnangel91 posted:
I have been severely depressed the last 3 weeks, and I wonder if this could be a side effect of my medications. I take Seroquel, Abilify, Intuniv, and Lamictal. Can these medications cause you to become more depressed instead of feeling better? Anybody have any thoughts/suggestions?
1 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Medication side effects?I have been severely depressed the last 3 weeks, and I wonder if this could be a side effect of my medications. I take Seroquel, Abilify, Intuniv, and Lamictal. Can these medications cause you to become more depressed instead of feeling better? Anybody have any thoughts/suggestions?
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Joseph F Goldberg, MD responded:
Dear brsInangeI91,

Some of the medicines you mention might help depression, but none are known to cause it. Chances are these medicines are simply failing to thus far treat a depression that is independently present. The antidepressant dose of Seroquel is 300 mg/day; Lamictal is more of a preventative drug than an acute drug for bipolar depression and has no known "acute" dose for depression; abilify was shown to be the same as a placebo in treating bipolar depression, and Intuniv is for ADD and likely is neutral re. depression.

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Report This| Share this:Medication side effects?Dear brsInangeI91,<br /> <br />Some of the medicines you mention might help depression, but none are known to cause it. Chances are these medicines are simply failing to thus far treat a depression that is independently present. The antidepressant dose of Seroquel is 300 mg/day; Lamictal is more of a preventative drug than an acute drug for bipolar depression and has no known "acute" dose for depression; abilify was shown to be the same as a placebo in treating bipolar depression, and Intuniv is for ADD and likely is neutral re. depression.<br /> <br />- Dr. G.
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