It may be common sense, but it's important to take the right dose at the right time. If you forget to take it, or decide to skip a dose, it could set off your symptoms. Talk to your doctor if side effects are an issue, or before you take anything new, including over-the-counter...
and who was familiar with my condition. This is not often the case. I never tried SSRIs, though if my progress after therapy had regressed, I may have considered it. Diminished libido and weight gain were two side effects that dettered me. But really, those are the options most of the...
average one point decrease for those receiving placebo. Eight of twelve participants in the glycine group dropped out of the study due to side effects from the large dose of glycine, though two patients who responded to glycine treatment continued to take glycine for over a year (Greenberg 2009...
Liquor, beer, wine, and other alcoholic beverages can also cause serious psychological side-effects, a dip in blood sugar, and insomnia, all of which can intensify OCD symptoms.[1]Furthermore, alcohol can interact with anti-anxiety meds, lessening their effects and causing excessive drowsiness a...
There was one study where people with OCD responded fairly well to Effexor XR. At doses of 150 to 225mg Effexor has the benefits of Anafranil without all the extra side-effects. I have patients who have benefited from all of the above but there’s no way to predict who will do best...
chronicconditionthataffects2%to3%of theU.S.population,or4millionto7millionpeople(Weissmanetal.,1994).Itis characterizedbyrecurrentthoughts,images,feelingsorbehaviorsthatpersistagainst thepatient'swishesandisusuallyaccompaniedbysevereanxietyandmarked impairmentoffunction. Obsessive-compulsivedisorderwaslistedasthe10th...
Other augmentation strategies with medication or dietary supplements have been tried, including stimulants, L-tryptophan, pindolol(Drug information on pindolol) (Visken), oxytocin(Drug information on oxytocin) and androgen antagonists. None of these has shown sufficient promise (Altemus et al., 1999...
There is considerable evidence for structural differences in the brains of ADHD patients when compared to age-matched healthy controls. Most of these findings are relatively inconsistent and depend on age and/or medication with stimulants. Regarding age, it has been shown that patients with ADHD sh...