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Do you use biologic together with antidepressant without feeling bad?
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: May 31, 2023 | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
@seniormed no. I just take the biologic (Ilaris/canakinumab). I fontana use any other medication for my condition. I use CPAD at night for sleep
Apnea level 1 and take slow dose lunesta. No problems at all I am completely functional. The biologic gives me 100% mental clarity. But some months I get burnout 5 days before the next shot. To avoid that the Psychiatrist is helping me with lexapro and I cant continue (had to stop completely). For me SSRIs overlap the great effect of the biologic on my mind. Before I was autoimmune never had problems with taking ssri in general.
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@lorena1egas Have your doctors discussed this ‘burnout’ effect you experience? Is the burnout caused by the biologic or the antidepressant or both together?
I’ve been on Zoloft for a long time and then had to start rituximab and had no problems. This is a very interesting situation—what do the doctors have to say?