Welcome to Crazy Meds, where you can learn what’s good, what’s bad, what’s interesting, and what’s plain weird and funny about the medications used to treat depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, epilepsy, migraines, anxiety, neuropathic pain, or whatever psychiatric and/or neurological condition you might have. The information on this site is to help you work with your doctor(s) to find the right treatment options. Too many of us get nothing more than 15-minute appointments with overworked doctors or nurse-practitioners, so we need all the help we can get. We need to talk to our prescribers about the best medication1 to treat our conditions, and not the most profitable ones, or the cheapest ones2. OK, in reality “best” usually translates to “least bad.” .
If you know the name of the medication(s) you’re looking for, you’ll probably want our list of drugs by name. There’s also our much larger list of all the meds we know about to treat various conditions, including all the brand/trade names we can find for every med.
We also have the drugs sorted into broad categories with lots of overlapping memberships:
- Mood Stabilizers, such as Lamictal and Seroquel, for the treatment of bipolar disorder3.
- Antidepressants, like Celexa and Effexor, for the treatment of depression (duh), anxiety, and other conditions.
- Antipsychotics, such as Invega and Abilify, to treat schizophrenia, bipolar, and depression.
- Anxiolytics - in English: drugs to treat anxiety. These are mostly SSRIs like Lexapro, benzodiazepines, and a few specifically anxiolytic meds like BuSpar.
- Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), also known as anticonvulsants, which are used to treat one or more of epilepsy, bipolar disorder, and migraines. Depakote and Stavzor even have FDA approval to treat all three.
- Medications for Migraines and Neuropathic Pain - which should also be self-explanatory. These are primarily AEDs, like Topamax and Neurontin, and some antidepressants, like Cymbalta.
via crazymeds.us