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Seroquel for clinical depression, really? I thought it only was used to treat psychotic episodes (I’ve taken it for that specifically). Oh well, you learn some

by sedeki 9y ago

Seroquel for clinical depression, really? I thought it only was used to treat psychotic episodes (I’ve taken it for that specifically). Oh well, you learn something new every day.

marsrover 9y ago
The doctor thought I might also be bipolar or something but wasn't sure which is why it was chosen.
rincebrain 9y ago
I've heard it being used as an augment for people who have trouble with other treatments, or if they're also looking for synergies with the other effects of it. A couple of antipsychotics or even more esoteric drug types are used (off-label and otherwise) for antidepressant effects, often at dosages lower than they'd usually be thought to be effective for whatever the primary usage would be. Why does it work? Ask again in 50 years, maybe. - Seroquel (off-label) - Adderall/Ritalin for people with drive problems - Wellbutrin is a smoking addiction aid, antidepressant, and SAD-specific antidepressant (because why not, biochemistry) - Strattera is nominally an ADHD med but has been using it as an antidepressant off-label for at least 15y (source: I was given it for that, then) - Abilify is on-label used as an anti-psychotic, anti-depressant augment, and Tourette's med, because again, why not - Also, one thing a lot of people don't realize is that you don't want to mix a unipolar antidepressant with untreated bipolar, because surprise, side effects may include P(manic episodes) approaching 1, so the options for each of those can sometimes overlap and sometimes not Biochemistry is really weird, and neurochemistry is one of the densest places for it in the body.
- sedeki 9y ago
  Where I live (Sweden), there are rigid restrictions on what a psychiatrist can prescribe, in the sense that off-label prescriptions aren’t a thing what so ever. What you said makes perfect sense to me. My reply was just me being surprised by someone who apparently got an antipsychotic for clinical depression alone (... which turned out to not be the case, but yeah...)

by sedeki 9y ago

Seroquel for clinical depression, really? I thought it only was used to treat psychotic episodes (I’ve taken it for that specifically). Oh well, you learn something new every day.

marsrover 9y ago

The doctor thought I might also be bipolar or something but wasn't sure which is why it was chosen.

rincebrain 9y ago

I've heard it being used as an augment for people who have trouble with other treatments, or if they're also looking for synergies with the other effects of it. A couple of antipsychotics or even more esoteric drug types are used (off-label and otherwise) for antidepressant effects, often at dosages lower than they'd usually be thought to be effective for whatever the primary usage would be. Why does it work? Ask again in 50 years, maybe. - Seroquel (off-label) - Adderall/Ritalin for people with drive problems - Wellbutrin is a smoking addiction aid, antidepressant, and SAD-specific antidepressant (because why not, biochemistry) - Strattera is nominally an ADHD med but has been using it as an antidepressant off-label for at least 15y (source: I was given it for that, then) - Abilify is on-label used as an anti-psychotic, anti-depressant augment, and Tourette's med, because again, why not - Also, one thing a lot of people don't realize is that you don't want to mix a unipolar antidepressant with untreated bipolar, because surprise, side effects may include P(manic episodes) approaching 1, so the options for each of those can sometimes overlap and sometimes not Biochemistry is really weird, and neurochemistry is one of the densest places for it in the body.

sedeki 9y ago
Where I live (Sweden), there are rigid restrictions on what a psychiatrist can prescribe, in the sense that off-label prescriptions aren’t a thing what so ever. What you said makes perfect sense to me. My reply was just me being surprised by someone who apparently got an antipsychotic for clinical depression alone (... which turned out to not be the case, but yeah...)