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- 0:00Foreign.
- 0:05Welcome
- 0:06back,
- 0:06my
- 0:06friends,
- 0:06to
- 0:07another
- 0:07episode
- 0:07of
- 0:08Pearls
- 0:09and
- 0:09Prep.
- 0:10Today
- 0:10we're
- 0:11going
- 0:11to
- 0:11talk
- 0:11about
- 0:12a
- 0:12mock
- 0:13patient
- 0:13named
- 0:14Larry.
- 0:15And
- 0:16this
- 0:16segment
- 0:17is
- 0:17called
- 0:18Catch
- 0:18the
- 0:18Curve
- 0:18Ball.
- 0:19I'm
- 0:19going
- 0:20to
- 0:20give
- 0:20you
- 0:20a
- 0:20one
- 0:21paragraph
- 0:21summary
- 0:22of
- 0:22this
- 0:23case
- 0:24and
- 0:24you're
- 0:24going
- 0:24to
- 0:24tell
- 0:25me
- 0:26what
- 0:26the
- 0:26curveball
- 0:27is
- 0:27here.
- 0:27What's
- 0:28this
- 0:28specific
- 0:28curveball?
- 0:29What
- 0:29is
- 0:30wrong
- 0:30with
- 0:30this
- 0:30picture
- 0:31that
- 0:31is
- 0:31causing
- 0:32this
- 0:32problem?
- 0:33And
- 0:33there
- 0:33will
- 0:33be
- 0:33one
- 0:34answer
- 0:34in
- 0:34particular
- 0:35that
- 0:35I
- 0:35want
- 0:36you
- 0:36to
- 0:36catch.
- 0:36Hence,
- 0:37catch
- 0:37the
- 0:37curveball.
- 0:38There's
- 0:38going
- 0:38to
- 0:38be
- 0:38one
- 0:39thing
- 0:39that
- 0:39if
- 0:40you
- 0:40identify
- 0:40it
- 0:40properly,
- 0:41you
- 0:41will
- 0:42understand
- 0:42what
- 0:42the
- 0:43problem
- 0:43is
- 0:43here.
- 0:43This
- 0:44is
- 0:44not
- 0:44meant
- 0:44to
- 0:45be
- 0:45a
- 0:45trick
- 0:45question.
- 0:46This
- 0:46is
- 0:47supposed
- 0:47to
- 0:47be
- 0:47about
- 0:49your
- 0:49ability
- 0:49to
- 0:50catch
- 0:50a
- 0:50detail
- 0:50that
- 0:51isn't
- 0:51quite
- 0:51right
- 0:52and
- 0:52to
- 0:52think
- 0:53critically
- 0:53about
- 0:54how
- 0:54we
- 0:54can
- 0:54do
- 0:54better
- 0:55with
- 0:55this.
- 0:56Here
- 0:56goes
- 0:56the
- 0:56case.
- 0:57Larry
- 0:58is
- 0:58a
- 0:5851
- 0:59year
- 0:59old
- 0:59man
- 1:00with
- 1:00depression.
- 1:01He
- 1:01reports
- 1:02feeling
- 1:02extremely
- 1:03groggy
- 1:04every
- 1:04morning.
- 1:05It's
- 1:05getting
- 1:06harder
- 1:06to
- 1:06get
- 1:07moving,
- 1:07even
- 1:08though
- 1:08his
- 1:08mood
- 1:09seems
- 1:09honestly
- 1:10a
- 1:10little
- 1:10bit
- 1:10better.
- 1:11Now.
- 1:11He's
- 1:11been
- 1:11on
- 1:11Lexapro
- 1:1220mg
- 1:13for
- 1:13about
- 1:14a
- 1:14year,
- 1:14and
- 1:15he
- 1:15recently
- 1:16started
- 1:16Wellbutrin
- 1:17150mg
- 1:18XL
- 1:19to
- 1:19help
- 1:20boost
- 1:20his
- 1:20motivation.
- 1:22Now,
- 1:23to
- 1:23help
- 1:23him
- 1:23sleep,
- 1:23he's
- 1:24been
- 1:24taking
- 1:24Trazodone
- 1:25and
- 1:25Atarax
- 1:26at
- 1:26night.
- 1:26100
- 1:27milligrams
- 1:27of
- 1:27Trazodone,
- 1:2825
- 1:29milligrams
- 1:29of
- 1:30Atarax.
- 1:31Sometimes
- 1:31he's
- 1:31inclined
- 1:32to
- 1:32take
- 1:32even
- 1:32more
- 1:32Atarax
- 1:33because
- 1:33he's
- 1:33just
- 1:33so
- 1:34darn
- 1:34jumpy
- 1:35and
- 1:35wired
- 1:35up
- 1:36at
- 1:36nighttime.
- 1:37He
- 1:37mentions
- 1:37that
- 1:37in
- 1:38terms
- 1:38of
- 1:38any
- 1:39other
- 1:39issues,
- 1:39his
- 1:40sex
- 1:40drive
- 1:40is
- 1:40not
- 1:41what
- 1:41it
- 1:41used
- 1:41to
- 1:41be.
- 1:42His
- 1:42biggest
- 1:43complaint
- 1:43is
- 1:43the
- 1:43crushing
- 1:44morning
- 1:45fatigue.
- 1:46He
- 1:46takes
- 1:46his
- 1:46Lexapro
- 1:47in
- 1:47the
- 1:48morning,
- 1:48he
- 1:48takes
- 1:48his
- 1:48Wellbutrin
- 1:49after
- 1:49dinner
- 1:50so
- 1:50he
- 1:50doesn't
- 1:50forget.
- 1:51Despite
- 1:51sleeping
- 1:52through
- 1:52the
- 1:52night,
- 1:53he
- 1:53wakes
- 1:53up
- 1:53feeling
- 1:54foggy.
- 1:54Okay,
- 1:55so
- 1:55that's
- 1:55what
- 1:55you
- 1:55know
- 1:56about
- 1:56Larry.
- 1:56And
- 1:56somewhere
- 1:57in
- 1:57that
- 1:57paragraph,
- 1:58I
- 1:58threw
- 1:59you
- 1:59a
- 1:59curveball.
- 2:00Somewhere
- 2:00in
- 2:00that
- 2:01paragraph,
- 2:01my
- 2:01friends,
- 2:02if
- 2:02you
- 2:03need
- 2:03to
- 2:03re
- 2:03listen
- 2:03to
- 2:03it,
- 2:04you
- 2:04can
- 2:04and
- 2:04should.
- 2:06But
- 2:06I
- 2:06gave
- 2:06you
- 2:07a
- 2:07detail
- 2:07that
- 2:07you
- 2:07should
- 2:08have
- 2:08paused
- 2:08and
- 2:08said,
- 2:09wait
- 2:09a
- 2:09minute,
- 2:10what
- 2:10the
- 2:10hell
- 2:11was
- 2:11that?
- 2:11Hopefully
- 2:12you
- 2:12caught
- 2:13the
- 2:13curveball
- 2:14before
- 2:15we
- 2:15get
- 2:15to
- 2:15that
- 2:15curveball.
- 2:17You
- 2:17can
- 2:17pause
- 2:17this,
- 2:18you
- 2:18can
- 2:18discuss
- 2:18this
- 2:19as
- 2:19a
- 2:19team,
- 2:20replay
- 2:20his
- 2:21case
- 2:21study
- 2:21and
- 2:22talk
- 2:22about
- 2:22what's
- 2:23different,
- 2:23what's
- 2:23weird
- 2:23about
- 2:24this,
- 2:24right?
- 2:25It
- 2:25should
- 2:25already
- 2:26jump
- 2:26out
- 2:26at
- 2:26you
- 2:27that
- 2:28this
- 2:28is
- 2:28a
- 2:28little
- 2:28bizarre,
- 2:29right?
- 2:29He's
- 2:29foggy,
- 2:30he's
- 2:30sluggish,
- 2:30he's
- 2:31unrefreshed,
- 2:32he's
- 2:32groggy.
- 2:33Every
- 2:33morning.
- 2:34That
- 2:34seems
- 2:34to
- 2:34be
- 2:34his
- 2:35big
- 2:35problem.
- 2:35And
- 2:36why
- 2:36is
- 2:36he
- 2:36so
- 2:36groggy
- 2:38if
- 2:38his
- 2:38mood
- 2:39is
- 2:39actually
- 2:39improving?
- 2:40Right.
- 2:41What's
- 2:41the
- 2:41deal
- 2:41here?
- 2:41What
- 2:42do
- 2:42we
- 2:42need
- 2:42to
- 2:42do?
- 2:43And
- 2:45your
- 2:45first
- 2:45inclination
- 2:46might
- 2:46be
- 2:47to
- 2:47look
- 2:48at
- 2:48his
- 2:48Trazodone
- 2:49and
- 2:49his
- 2:49Ataracts.
- 2:50Why
- 2:50is
- 2:50he
- 2:51on
- 2:51100mg
- 2:52of
- 2:52trazodone
- 2:53and
- 2:53he's
- 2:53taking
- 2:53extra
- 2:54Atarax.
- 2:55That's
- 2:55a
- 2:55lot
- 2:55of
- 2:56sedation.
- 2:56Why
- 2:57is
- 2:57he
- 2:57taking
- 2:57all
- 2:58of
- 2:58that
- 2:58to
- 2:58sleep?
- 2:59Well,
- 2:59that
- 3:00must
- 3:00be
- 3:00why
- 3:00he's
- 3:00groggy,
- 3:01right?
- 3:01He's
- 3:02taking
- 3:03a
- 3:03lot
- 3:03of
- 3:03sedating
- 3:05hypnotics
- 3:05at
- 3:06night.
- 3:06And
- 3:07maybe
- 3:07that's
- 3:07why
- 3:07he's
- 3:08super
- 3:08uppity
- 3:09and
- 3:09he
- 3:09can't
- 3:10sleep,
- 3:11and
- 3:11that's
- 3:11lingering
- 3:12into
- 3:12the
- 3:12morning.
- 3:12And
- 3:13he's
- 3:13drowsy
- 3:13and
- 3:13groggy.
- 3:14That's
- 3:14my
- 3:14answer.
- 3:16You
- 3:16would
- 3:16be
- 3:16partially
- 3:17right.
- 3:17You
- 3:18might
- 3:18have
- 3:18caught
- 3:19a
- 3:19change
- 3:19up.
- 3:19You
- 3:20might
- 3:20have
- 3:20caught
- 3:21a
- 3:21slider,
- 3:21but
- 3:21it
- 3:22wasn't
- 3:22quite
- 3:22the
- 3:22curve
- 3:22ball.
- 3:23I
- 3:23threw
- 3:23you
- 3:23a
- 3:23curveball.
- 3:24And
- 3:24we're
- 3:25gonna
- 3:25talk
- 3:25about
- 3:25it
- 3:25in
- 3:26just
- 3:26a
- 3:26moment.
- 3:27But
- 3:27it's
- 3:28really
- 3:28important
- 3:29when
- 3:29your
- 3:29patient
- 3:30comes
- 3:30to
- 3:30you,
- 3:30first
- 3:31of
- 3:31all,
- 3:31to
- 3:31assess
- 3:32what's
- 3:32in
- 3:33his
- 3:33way.
- 3:33Right?
- 3:34He
- 3:34made
- 3:34it
- 3:34clear
- 3:35the
- 3:35sexual
- 3:35side
- 3:35effects
- 3:36are
- 3:36in
- 3:36his
- 3:36way.
- 3:37He
- 3:38made
- 3:38it
- 3:38clear
- 3:38that
- 3:38grogginess
- 3:39and
- 3:40fogginess
- 3:41and
- 3:41not
- 3:41having
- 3:42energies
- 3:42in
- 3:42his
- 3:42way.
- 3:43And
- 3:43one
- 3:44little
- 3:44clue
- 3:44he
- 3:44dropped
- 3:45is
- 3:45that
- 3:45his
- 3:45mood
- 3:45is
- 3:45actually
- 3:46improving,
- 3:47but
- 3:47his
- 3:47energy
- 3:48levels
- 3:48are
- 3:49not
- 3:49great.
- 3:50It's
- 3:50a
- 3:50bit
- 3:50reassuring
- 3:51because
- 3:52it's
- 3:52good
- 3:53that
- 3:53between
- 3:54his
- 3:54two
- 3:54antidepressants,
- 3:56something
- 3:56is
- 3:56helping
- 3:56his
- 3:57mood.
- 3:57So
- 3:58perhaps
- 3:58you
- 3:58can
- 3:58capitalize
- 3:59on
- 3:59that
- 3:59and
- 3:59increase
- 4:00his
- 4:00Wellbutrin.
- 4:02But
- 4:03something
- 4:03is
- 4:03still
- 4:04amiss
- 4:04here.
- 4:05You
- 4:05have
- 4:05that
- 4:05sexual
- 4:06side
- 4:06effect
- 4:06that
- 4:06is
- 4:07problematic.
- 4:07And
- 4:08it
- 4:08more
- 4:08than
- 4:08likely
- 4:08has
- 4:09to
- 4:09do
- 4:09with
- 4:09the
- 4:09Lexapro.
- 4:10SSRI
- 4:10induced
- 4:11sexual
- 4:11dysfunction
- 4:12by
- 4:12blocking
- 4:12the
- 4:13reuptake
- 4:13of
- 4:13serotonin.
- 4:14There's
- 4:15more
- 4:15serotonin
- 4:16in
- 4:16the
- 4:16synapse
- 4:17around
- 4:17neurons,
- 4:18more
- 4:18serotonin
- 4:19in
- 4:20the
- 4:20pathways
- 4:21of
- 4:21those
- 4:22five
- 4:22HT2C
- 4:24receptors
- 4:24that
- 4:24are
- 4:24implicated
- 4:25in
- 4:25a
- 4:26dysfunctional
- 4:26sex
- 4:27drive.
- 4:27So
- 4:27Lexapro
- 4:28is
- 4:28more
- 4:28than
- 4:28likely
- 4:29the
- 4:29reason
- 4:29he
- 4:30has
- 4:30sexual
- 4:30side
- 4:30effects.
- 4:31Of
- 4:31course,
- 4:31it's
- 4:31good
- 4:31to
- 4:32ask
- 4:32him.
- 4:32When
- 4:33did
- 4:33those
- 4:33happen?
- 4:34But
- 4:34nine
- 4:35times
- 4:35out
- 4:35of
- 4:3510,
- 4:35at
- 4:36least
- 4:36in
- 4:36my
- 4:36experience,
- 4:36it
- 4:37is
- 4:37correlated
- 4:38with
- 4:38the
- 4:38initiation
- 4:39or
- 4:39continuation
- 4:40of
- 4:40SSRIs.
- 4:41Okay,
- 4:42so
- 4:42that's
- 4:42a
- 4:43problem
- 4:43we
- 4:43want
- 4:43to
- 4:43deal
- 4:43with.
- 4:44He's
- 4:44made
- 4:44that
- 4:44clear
- 4:44that
- 4:45that's
- 4:45his
- 4:45problem.
- 4:45And
- 4:45a
- 4:46lack
- 4:46of
- 4:46energy.
- 4:47So
- 4:47you
- 4:47could
- 4:47tell
- 4:47him
- 4:48right
- 4:48here,
- 4:48let's
- 4:49look
- 4:49at
- 4:49your
- 4:49medications
- 4:50at
- 4:50night.
- 4:50Right?
- 4:50What
- 4:51would
- 4:51be
- 4:51one
- 4:51way,
- 4:52you
- 4:52could
- 4:52mitigate
- 4:52his
- 4:52sedation
- 4:53right
- 4:53off
- 4:54the
- 4:54bat.
- 4:54What
- 4:54are
- 4:54you
- 4:55guys
- 4:55thinking?
- 4:56You
- 4:56wouldn't
- 4:56be
- 4:56wrong
- 4:56to
- 4:57say
- 4:57we
- 4:57could
- 4:57lower
- 4:58his
- 4:58trazodone
- 4:59to
- 4:5950
- 4:59milligrams.
- 5:00But
- 5:00there's
- 5:00a
- 5:01reason
- 5:01he's
- 5:02taking
- 5:02more
- 5:02and
- 5:02more
- 5:03Trazodone.
- 5:03He
- 5:03says
- 5:03he
- 5:04feels
- 5:04really
- 5:04wired
- 5:04and
- 5:05excited
- 5:05at
- 5:05night.
- 5:06Now,
- 5:06you
- 5:06might
- 5:06go
- 5:07down
- 5:07this
- 5:07bipolar
- 5:08rabbit
- 5:08hole
- 5:08and
- 5:08make
- 5:08sure
- 5:08he's
- 5:09not
- 5:09bipolar
- 5:10for
- 5:10the
- 5:10sake
- 5:11of
- 5:11our
- 5:11game,
- 5:12the
- 5:12catch
- 5:12the
- 5:13curveball
- 5:13segment.
- 5:14I've
- 5:14given
- 5:14you
- 5:15the
- 5:15curveball
- 5:15here,
- 5:16right?
- 5:17There's
- 5:17not
- 5:17some
- 5:18surprise
- 5:18thing
- 5:18I
- 5:19haven't
- 5:19mentioned.
- 5:19In
- 5:20other
- 5:20words,
- 5:20those
- 5:20are
- 5:20the
- 5:21rules
- 5:21of
- 5:21the
- 5:21game
- 5:21with
- 5:22catch
- 5:22the
- 5:22curveball.
- 5:23This
- 5:23isn't
- 5:24some.
- 5:24Oh,
- 5:24by
- 5:24the
- 5:25way,
- 5:25he's
- 5:25chugging
- 5:2519
- 5:26Red
- 5:26Bulls
- 5:27in
- 5:28the
- 5:28afternoon.
- 5:28No,
- 5:28that
- 5:29would
- 5:29be
- 5:29against
- 5:29the
- 5:29rules
- 5:30of
- 5:30catch
- 5:30the
- 5:30curveball.
- 5:31Catch
- 5:31the
- 5:31curveball.
- 5:32I
- 5:32already
- 5:33threw
- 5:33you
- 5:33the
- 5:33pitch,
- 5:34so
- 5:34now
- 5:35it's
- 5:35your
- 5:35job
- 5:35to
- 5:35figure
- 5:36out
- 5:36what
- 5:36it
- 5:36is.
- 5:36I'm
- 5:36going
- 5:37to
- 5:37give
- 5:37you
- 5:37one
- 5:37more
- 5:37try.
- 5:37We're
- 5:38going
- 5:38to
- 5:38go
- 5:38over
- 5:38this
- 5:38one
- 5:38more
- 5:39time
- 5:39again.
- 5:40Larry,
- 5:4051
- 5:41years
- 5:41old,
- 5:41mock
- 5:42patient.
- 5:42He
- 5:43has
- 5:43depression,
- 5:44but
- 5:44it's
- 5:44gotten
- 5:45generally
- 5:45better.
- 5:46But
- 5:46he's
- 5:46complaining
- 5:47of
- 5:47sexual
- 5:47side
- 5:47effects,
- 5:48and
- 5:48he's
- 5:48just
- 5:49too
- 5:49darn
- 5:49good.
- 5:50Groggy.
- 5:50He's
- 5:51so
- 5:51groggy
- 5:52that
- 5:52he
- 5:53is
- 5:53taking
- 5:53Trazodone
- 5:54100
- 5:54and
- 5:54Atarax
- 5:5525
- 5:55because
- 5:55he
- 5:55feels
- 5:56so
- 5:56darn
- 5:56wired
- 5:57all
- 5:57the
- 5:57time.
- 5:59Despite
- 5:59feeling
- 5:59wired,
- 6:00he's
- 6:00only
- 6:00on
- 6:00150
- 6:01milligrams
- 6:02of
- 6:02Wellbutrin
- 6:03and
- 6:0320
- 6:03milligrams
- 6:04of
- 6:04Lexapro.
- 6:05He
- 6:05takes
- 6:05his
- 6:05Lexapro
- 6:06in
- 6:06the
- 6:06morning
- 6:06as
- 6:06Wellbutrin
- 6:07at
- 6:07night,
- 6:07or
- 6:08at
- 6:08least
- 6:08after
- 6:08dinner,
- 6:09so
- 6:09he
- 6:09doesn't
- 6:09forget.
- 6:10Despite
- 6:11sleeping
- 6:12throughout
- 6:12the
- 6:12night,
- 6:12he's
- 6:12still
- 6:13foggy
- 6:13and
- 6:13sluggish.
- 6:14The
- 6:14curve
- 6:14ball
- 6:15is
- 6:15the
- 6:16timing
- 6:16of
- 6:16his
- 6:16medication
- 6:17administration.
- 6:18He
- 6:18should
- 6:19not
- 6:19be
- 6:19taking
- 6:19his
- 6:20Wellbutrin
- 6:20in
- 6:20the
- 6:21evening.
- 6:21Wellbutrin
- 6:22should
- 6:22be
- 6:22taken
- 6:23during
- 6:23the
- 6:23day,
- 6:23in
- 6:24the
- 6:24early
- 6:24morning.
- 6:25So
- 6:25what's
- 6:25happening
- 6:26is
- 6:26he
- 6:26has
- 6:27an
- 6:27abnormally
- 6:28high
- 6:29serum
- 6:29level
- 6:30of
- 6:30these
- 6:30dopaminergic
- 6:31noradrenergic
- 6:33side
- 6:33effects
- 6:33in
- 6:34the
- 6:34middle
- 6:34of
- 6:34the
- 6:34night.
- 7:29And
- 7:29what's
- 6:35happening?
- 7:30He's
- 7:30trying
- 7:31to
- 7:31compensate
- 7:31by
- 7:31taking
- 7:32Trazodone
- 7:33100
- 7:34and
- 7:34Atarax
- 7:3525.
- 7:35Sometimes
- 7:36the
- 7:36guy's
- 7:36taking
- 7:36more
- 7:37Atarax
- 7:37than
- 7:37he's
- 7:38prescribed,
- 7:39which
- 7:39unfortunately
- 7:40happens
- 7:40sometimes
- 7:41with
- 7:41your
- 7:41patients.
- 7:42So
- 7:42this
- 7:42is
- 7:42not
- 7:43ideal.
- 7:43Right?
- 7:43You
- 7:44have
- 7:44this
- 7:44med
- 7:44in
- 7:45the
- 7:45wrong
- 7:45place
- 7:46at
- 7:46the
- 7:46wrong
- 7:47time,
- 7:47and
- 7:48it's
- 7:48causing
- 7:49polypharmacy.
- 7:50Essential.
- 7:50It's
- 7:50causing
- 7:51more
- 7:51sedation,
- 7:52and
- 7:52that's
- 7:52carrying
- 7:53on
- 7:53into
- 7:53the
- 7:53morning,
- 7:54and
- 7:55it's
- 7:55just
- 7:55not
- 7:56really
- 7:56serving
- 7:56him
- 7:56in
- 7:57any
- 7:57way.
- 7:57And
- 7:57one
- 7:57of
- 7:57the
- 7:58tip
- 7:58offs
- 7:58that
- 7:58he
- 7:58gave
- 7:59you
- 7:59was
- 7:59that,
- 8:00okay,
- 8:00the
- 8:00depression
- 8:01is
- 8:01helping
- 8:01a
- 8:01little
- 8:01bit,
- 8:02but
- 8:02my
- 8:02energy's
- 8:03out
- 8:03of
- 8:03whack.
- 8:03It
- 8:03seems
- 8:03dysregulated.
- 8:05I'm
- 8:05not
- 8:05getting
- 8:05alert
- 8:05at
- 8:06the
- 8:06right
- 8:06times.
- 8:06Well,
- 8:06go
- 8:07figure.
- 8:07He's
- 8:07not
- 8:07getting
- 8:07alert
- 8:08at
- 8:08the
- 8:08right
- 8:08times
- 8:09because,
- 8:09number
- 8:09one,
- 8:10he's
- 8:10compensating
- 8:11by
- 8:11adding
- 8:11too
- 8:12much
- 8:12sedating
- 8:13medication
- 8:13at
- 8:13night
- 8:14because
- 8:14he's
- 8:14too
- 8:14wired,
- 8:15because
- 8:15he's
- 8:15taking
- 8:15his
- 8:16Wellbutrin
- 8:16at
- 8:16the
- 8:16wrong
- 8:17time.
- 8:17He's
- 8:17waking
- 8:18up
- 8:18sedated.
- 8:18And
- 8:18instead
- 8:19of
- 8:19having
- 8:19Wellbutrin
- 8:20to
- 8:20take
- 8:20in
- 8:20the
- 8:20morning
- 8:21to
- 8:21help
- 8:22perk
- 8:22him
- 8:22up
- 8:23and
- 8:23increase
- 8:23his
- 8:24energy
- 8:24and
- 8:24alertness,
- 8:25he's
- 8:25already
- 8:26spent
- 8:26that
- 8:26Wellbutrin.
- 8:27He
- 8:27doesn't
- 8:27need
- 8:27it
- 8:27in
- 8:28the
- 8:28evening.
- 8:28Do
- 8:28you
- 8:28really
- 8:28need
- 8:28to
- 8:29be
- 8:29awake
- 8:29at
- 8:29midnight
- 8:30or
- 8:3011
- 8:30at
- 8:31night
- 8:31or
- 8:312
- 8:31in
- 8:32the
- 8:32morning?
- 8:32No,
- 8:33this
- 8:33is
- 8:33not
- 8:33a
- 8:33good
- 8:34use
- 8:34of
- 8:34his
- 8:34medications.
- 8:36A
- 8:36lot
- 8:36of
- 8:36times
- 8:36you're
- 8:37going
- 8:37to
- 8:37find
- 8:38that
- 8:39the
- 8:39things
- 8:39that
- 8:40go
- 8:40wrong
- 8:41with
- 8:41your
- 8:41cases
- 8:42are
- 8:42sometimes
- 8:43so
- 8:43fundamental
- 8:44and
- 8:44so
- 8:44simple
- 8:44to
- 8:45fix.
- 8:45Other
- 8:45times
- 8:45they're
- 8:46more
- 8:46complicated.
- 8:47But
- 8:47just
- 8:47ensuring
- 8:48that
- 8:49your
- 8:49patient
- 8:49is
- 8:49taking
- 8:50the
- 8:50medication,
- 8:52period,
- 8:52and
- 8:52there's
- 8:53no
- 8:53lapses
- 8:53in
- 8:54adherence,
- 8:55that's
- 8:55very
- 8:55important.
- 8:56And
- 8:56to
- 8:56just
- 8:56make
- 8:57sure
- 8:57they're
- 8:57taking
- 8:57it
- 8:57at
- 8:58the
- 8:58right
- 8:58time,
- 8:58you
- 8:58can't
- 8:59really
- 8:59blame
- 8:59them
- 8:59for
- 8:59not
- 9:00knowing,
- 9:00right?
- 9:01I
- 9:01mean,
- 9:01if
- 9:01you
- 9:01think
- 9:01about
- 9:01it,
- 9:02if
- 9:02you
- 9:02zoom
- 9:02out
- 9:02and
- 9:03forget
- 9:03everything
- 9:03you
- 9:04know
- 9:04about
- 9:04pharmacology
- 9:05and
- 9:05diagnosis
- 9:06and
- 9:06all
- 9:07this
- 9:07receptor
- 9:07signaling,
- 9:08if
- 9:08you
- 9:08just
- 9:08zoom
- 9:08out,
- 9:09it's
- 9:09not
- 9:10insane
- 9:10for
- 9:10the
- 9:10layperson
- 9:11to
- 9:11assume
- 9:12that,
- 9:12hey,
- 9:12I
- 9:12can
- 9:12take
- 9:12this
- 9:12depression
- 9:13medication
- 9:14and
- 9:14my
- 9:14depression
- 9:15will
- 9:15get
- 9:15better
- 9:17in
- 9:17a
- 9:18few
- 9:18weeks,
- 9:18everything
- 9:18will
- 9:18be
- 9:19fine.
- 9:19Oh,
- 9:19I
- 9:19took
- 9:19it
- 9:19today,
- 9:20so
- 9:20that's
- 9:20all
- 9:20that
- 9:20matters.
- 9:21Doesn't
- 9:21matter
- 9:21if
- 9:21I
- 9:21take
- 9:21it
- 9:22at
- 9:224pm
- 9:23or
- 9:236am
- 9:24I
- 9:24took
- 9:25it,
- 9:25so
- 9:25I'm
- 9:25fine.
- 9:25Right?
- 9:26They
- 9:26don't
- 9:27always
- 9:27understand
- 9:28the
- 9:28nitty
- 9:29gritty
- 9:29mechanics
- 9:29that
- 9:30Wellbutrin
- 9:30is
- 9:30more
- 9:31activating.
- 9:31It
- 9:31specifically
- 9:32targets
- 9:32dopamine
- 9:33and
- 9:33norepinephrine,
- 9:34which
- 9:34are
- 9:34more
- 9:34wakefulness
- 9:35circuits
- 9:36in
- 9:36the
- 9:36brain
- 9:36that
- 9:36we
- 9:37don't
- 9:37want
- 9:37hitting
- 9:38peak
- 9:38plasma
- 9:39levels
- 9:39in
- 9:40the
- 9:40wee
- 9:40hours
- 9:40of
- 9:40the
- 9:40night.
- 9:41Think
- 9:41about
- 9:41the
- 9:41nuance
- 9:42involved
- 9:42in
- 9:42just
- 9:43understanding
- 9:43Wellbutrin.
- 9:44Reflect
- 9:45upon
- 9:45how
- 9:46long
- 9:46it
- 9:46may
- 9:46have
- 9:46taken
- 9:47you
- 9:47to
- 9:48even
- 9:48get
- 9:48to
- 9:48the
- 9:48point
- 9:48in
- 9:49your
- 9:49life
- 9:49where
- 9:49you
- 9:49knew
- 9:50the
- 9:50name
- 9:50Wellbutrin,
- 9:51that
- 9:51it
- 9:51was
- 9:51also
- 9:52bupropion
- 9:53and,
- 9:53and
- 9:53that
- 9:53it
- 9:54targeted
- 9:54dopamine
- 9:54and
- 9:55norepinephrine
- 9:55and
- 9:55therefore
- 9:56needs
- 9:56to
- 9:56be
- 9:56taken
- 9:56at
- 9:56a
- 9:57Certain
- 9:57time.
- 9:57If
- 9:57it
- 9:57took
- 9:57you
- 9:58and
- 9:58me
- 9:58that
- 9:58long
- 9:59to
- 9:59learn
- 9:59that
- 10:00folks
- 10:00who
- 10:00are
- 10:00engineers,
- 10:01architects,
- 10:02librarians,
- 10:03or
- 10:03they
- 10:03have
- 10:03other
- 10:03jobs
- 10:04and
- 10:04passions,
- 10:04they're
- 10:05not
- 10:05going
- 10:05to
- 10:05know
- 10:05that
- 10:05out
- 10:05of
- 10:06the,
- 10:06out
- 10:06of
- 10:06the
- 10:06gate.
- 10:07So
- 10:07we
- 10:07have
- 10:07to
- 10:07have
- 10:08compassion
- 10:08for
- 10:08that.
- 10:08We
- 10:09have
- 10:09a
- 10:09curse
- 10:09of
- 10:09knowledge,
- 10:10right?
- 10:10That's
- 10:10one
- 10:11of
- 10:11the
- 10:11most
- 10:11dangerous
- 10:11things
- 10:12that
- 10:13we
- 10:13confront
- 10:13when
- 10:13we
- 10:14graduate
- 10:14is
- 10:14a
- 10:14curse
- 10:15of
- 10:15knowledge.
- 10:15We
- 10:15will
- 10:16have
- 10:16learned
- 10:16a
- 10:16thousand
- 10:17times
- 10:17over
- 10:17that
- 10:17Wellbutrin
- 10:18needs
- 10:18to
- 10:18be
- 10:18taken
- 10:19in
- 10:19the
- 10:19morning.
- 10:20And
- 10:20we're
- 10:20cursed
- 10:21with
- 10:21that
- 10:21because
- 10:21we
- 10:21think
- 10:22it's
- 10:22so
- 10:22obvious
- 10:22that
- 10:22every
- 10:23patient
- 10:23knows
- 10:23that
- 10:23now
- 10:24all
- 10:24of
- 10:24a
- 10:24sudden
- 10:24you're
- 10:24busy
- 10:25in
- 10:25a
- 10:25clinic
- 10:25and
- 10:26you
- 10:26don't
- 10:26even
- 10:27take
- 10:27the
- 10:27time
- 10:27to
- 10:27write
- 10:28necessarily
- 10:28that
- 10:29well
- 10:29in
- 10:29your
- 10:29pharmacy
- 10:30instructions
- 10:31that
- 10:31Wellbutrin
- 10:32has
- 10:32to
- 10:32be
- 10:32taken
- 10:32every
- 10:32morning,
- 10:33I
- 10:33hope
- 10:33you
- 10:33do.
- 10:33That's
- 10:34good
- 10:34practice,
- 10:34of
- 10:35course,
- 10:35to
- 10:36let
- 10:36your
- 10:36patients
- 10:36know
- 10:37and
- 10:37tee
- 10:37them
- 10:37up
- 10:37for
- 10:38success.
- 10:38But
- 10:38let's
- 10:39say
- 10:39you're
- 10:39crunched
- 10:39with
- 10:4030
- 10:40minute
- 10:40appointments
- 10:41and
- 10:41the
- 10:41systems
- 10:42you're
- 10:42working
- 10:42on
- 10:42are
- 10:43clunky
- 10:43or
- 10:43inoperative,
- 10:44and
- 10:44you
- 10:44just
- 10:45don't
- 10:45include
- 10:45that.
- 10:45And
- 10:45it
- 10:45just
- 10:45says
- 10:46take
- 10:46one,
- 10:47you
- 10:47know,
- 10:47150
- 10:48milligrams
- 10:48every
- 10:48day,
- 10:49and
- 10:49then
- 10:49boom,
- 10:49all
- 10:50of
- 10:50a
- 10:50sudden
- 10:50your
- 10:51patient's
- 10:51kind
- 10:51of
- 10:51set
- 10:51up
- 10:52for
- 10:52failure.
- 10:53So
- 10:53in
- 10:54this
- 10:54case,
- 10:54it's
- 10:54a
- 10:54very
- 10:55simple
- 10:55fix.
- 10:55And
- 10:56the
- 10:56beautiful
- 10:56part
- 10:57about
- 10:57this
- 10:57case,
- 10:57my
- 10:58friends,
- 10:58is
- 10:59we're
- 10:59able
- 10:59to
- 10:59kill
- 11:00like
- 11:00two
- 11:00or
- 11:00three
- 11:00birds
- 11:01with
- 11:01one
- 11:01stone
- 11:01here.
- 11:02Number
- 11:02one,
- 11:03we
- 11:03switch
- 11:03the
- 11:03Wellbutrin
- 11:04to
- 11:04the
- 11:04morning.
- 11:04He's
- 11:05going
- 11:05to
- 11:05be
- 11:05more
- 11:06alert
- 11:06throughout
- 11:06the
- 11:07morning.
- 11:07Now,
- 11:07he
- 11:07won't
- 11:07be
- 11:07as
- 11:08foggy
- 11:08or
- 11:08sedated.
- 11:09He
- 11:09also
- 11:09won't
- 11:10be
- 11:10as
- 11:10wired
- 11:10at
- 11:11night,
- 11:11meaning
- 11:12he
- 11:12can
- 11:12kind
- 11:12of
- 11:12cool
- 11:12off
- 11:12on
- 11:13the
- 11:13trazodone
- 11:13a
- 11:13little
- 11:14bit.
- 11:14If
- 11:14it's
- 11:14as
- 11:14needed,
- 11:14we
- 11:15can
- 11:15kind
- 11:15of
- 11:15drop
- 11:15him
- 11:15down
- 11:16to
- 11:1650
- 11:16milligrams.
- 11:17He
- 11:17may
- 11:17or
- 11:17may
- 11:17not
- 11:18even
- 11:18have
- 11:18to
- 11:18take
- 11:18that
- 11:18Atarax
- 11:19if
- 11:20he
- 11:20doesn't
- 11:20need
- 11:20it.
- 11:20That
- 11:21might
- 11:21be
- 11:21a
- 11:21little
- 11:21redundant
- 11:22if
- 11:22the
- 11:22Trazodone
- 11:2350
- 11:23is
- 11:23helping
- 11:24him
- 11:24sleep
- 11:24just
- 11:24fine.
- 11:25So
- 11:25the
- 11:26Wellbutrin
- 11:26is
- 11:26not
- 11:26interfering.
- 11:27He's
- 11:27getting
- 11:27more
- 11:28alert
- 11:28in
- 11:28the
- 11:28morning.
- 11:28He's
- 11:29building
- 11:29a
- 11:29sleep
- 11:29drive.
- 11:30Now,
- 11:30because
- 11:30the
- 11:30Wellbutrin
- 11:31is
- 11:31building
- 11:31up
- 11:31that
- 11:32sleep
- 11:32drive
- 11:33throughout
- 11:33the
- 11:33day,
- 11:33it's
- 11:34promoting
- 11:34wakefulness
- 11:35so
- 11:35that
- 11:35by
- 11:36the
- 11:36time
- 11:36he's
- 11:36ready
- 11:36to
- 11:36sleep,
- 11:37he
- 11:37can
- 11:37sleep.
- 11:37And
- 11:38if
- 11:38you
- 11:38wanted
- 11:39to,
- 11:39if
- 11:39he
- 11:39still
- 11:39was
- 11:40showing
- 11:40residual
- 11:40depressive
- 11:41scores
- 11:41on
- 11:41his
- 11:41PHQ9
- 11:43and
- 11:43he
- 11:43has
- 11:43sexual
- 11:44dysfunction
- 11:45and
- 11:45he's
- 11:45still
- 11:46a
- 11:46little
- 11:46foggy,
- 11:46well,
- 11:46if
- 11:47you
- 11:47raise
- 11:47that
- 11:47Wellbutrin
- 11:48to
- 11:48300
- 11:48milligrams
- 11:49every
- 11:49morning,
- 11:50you
- 11:50might
- 11:50be
- 11:50able
- 11:50to
- 11:51better
- 11:51counter
- 11:52his
- 11:52sex
- 11:53drive.
- 11:53Remember
- 11:54that
- 11:54when
- 11:54you
- 11:55increase
- 11:55SSRIs
- 11:56or
- 11:56start
- 11:56SSRIs,
- 11:57they
- 11:57have
- 11:57a
- 11:57dampening
- 11:58effect
- 11:58on
- 11:58dopamine
- 11:59on
- 11:59those
- 12:00dopaminergic
- 12:00circuits.
- 12:01And
- 12:01that
- 12:02can
- 12:02dampen
- 12:02sex
- 12:02drive
- 12:03by
- 12:03boosting
- 12:04his
- 12:04dopaminergic
- 12:05drive
- 12:05by
- 12:06increasing
- 12:06the
- 12:06Wellbutrin
- 12:07to
- 12:07300
- 12:07milligrams.
- 12:08Now
- 12:08you're
- 12:09countering
- 12:09his
- 12:09daytime
- 12:10sedation,
- 12:10fogginess,
- 12:11concentration
- 12:11problems.
- 12:12Now
- 12:12you're
- 12:12countering
- 12:13his
- 12:13sexual
- 12:13side
- 12:13effects
- 12:14by
- 12:14adjusting
- 12:15the
- 12:15timing.
- 12:15You're
- 12:16also
- 12:17allowing
- 12:17for
- 12:17a
- 12:18more
- 12:18nimble,
- 12:19slick
- 12:20pharmacy
- 12:21regimen,
- 12:22medication
- 12:22regimen
- 12:23because
- 12:23he's
- 12:23not
- 12:24going
- 12:24to
- 12:24get
- 12:24so
- 12:24sauced
- 12:25at
- 12:25night
- 12:25with
- 12:25all
- 12:25this
- 12:25sedation.
- 12:26So
- 12:27that's
- 12:28killing
- 12:28three
- 12:28birds
- 12:28with
- 12:28one
- 12:29stone.
- 12:29I
- 12:29think
- 12:29it's
- 12:29great.
- 12:30And
- 12:30that's
- 12:30probably
- 12:31all
- 12:31this
- 12:31patient
- 12:31will
- 12:31need.
- 12:32In
- 12:32particular,
- 12:33you
- 12:33can
- 12:33monitor
- 12:33him
- 12:34and
- 12:34my
- 12:34monitor
- 12:34the
- 12:35sex
- 12:35drive,
- 12:35see
- 12:35if
- 12:35that
- 12:36was
- 12:36fixed
- 12:36with
- 12:36Wellbutrin.
- 12:37That's
- 12:37a
- 12:37whole
- 12:38other
- 12:38conversation.
- 12:39Make
- 12:39sure
- 12:39that
- 12:39the
- 12:40Lexapro
- 12:40is
- 12:41doing
- 12:41its
- 12:41job
- 12:41right.
- 12:41If
- 12:42you
- 12:42find
- 12:42that
- 12:42it's
- 12:42only
- 12:43caused
- 12:43him
- 12:43sexual
- 12:43side
- 12:44effects
- 12:44and
- 12:45he
- 12:45doesn't
- 12:45have
- 12:45a
- 12:45whole
- 12:46lot
- 12:46more
- 12:46to
- 12:46praise
- 12:47about
- 12:47it,
- 12:47then
- 12:48I
- 12:48would
- 12:48start
- 12:48eyeballing
- 12:49that
- 12:49and
- 12:49see
- 12:49if
- 12:50we
- 12:50can
- 12:50lower
- 12:51it,
- 12:51discontinue
- 12:52it
- 12:52and
- 12:52just
- 12:52stay
- 12:52with
- 12:52the
- 12:53Wellbutrin.
- 12:54Again,
- 12:54the
- 12:54whole
- 12:55point
- 12:55today
- 12:55was
- 12:55to
- 12:55see
- 12:55if
- 12:56you
- 12:56could
- 12:56catch
- 12:56the
- 12:56curve
- 12:57ball,
- 12:57that
- 12:57one
- 12:57little
- 12:58detail
- 12:58that
- 12:58we
- 12:58tucked
- 12:59in
- 12:59there
- 12:59that
- 13:00totally
- 13:00derails
- 13:01the
- 13:01entire
- 13:01case
- 13:02and
- 13:02if
- 13:02it's
- 13:03fixed
- 13:03or
- 13:03addressed
- 13:04could
- 13:05mean
- 13:05all
- 13:05of
- 13:05the
- 13:05difference
- 13:06between
- 13:06more
- 13:06motivation,
- 13:07less
- 13:08insomnia,
- 13:09less
- 13:09sedation
- 13:09in
- 13:09the
- 13:10morning,
- 13:10and
- 13:10reduced
- 13:11sexual
- 13:11side
- 13:11effects.
- 13:12All
- 13:12of
- 13:12the
- 13:13above.
- 13:13Pretty
- 13:13cool.
- 13:14I
- 13:14hope
- 13:14you
- 13:14really
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- 13:15My
- 13:16friends.
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- 13:18you
- 13:18to
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- 13:20becoming
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- 13:22you
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- 13:23beautiful
- 13:24slide
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- 13:25full
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- 13:25evidence
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- 13:28to
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- 13:29at
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- 13:29top
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- 13:29clinical
- 13:30game,
- 13:30it's
- 13:31really
- 13:31important
- 13:31you
- 13:32get
- 13:32early
- 13:32episode
- 13:33drops.
- 13:33You
- 13:33even
- 13:33get
- 13:33bonus
- 13:34episode
- 13:34drops.
- 13:35Direct
- 13:35contact
- 13:36with
- 13:36me
- 13:36where
- 13:36we
- 13:36can
- 13:37talk
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- 13:37future
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- 13:47you
- 13:47out
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- 13:48with
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- 13:49to
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- 13:52all
- 13:52of
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- 13:55Apple
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- 13:56Five
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- 13:57and
- 13:57a
- 13:58comment.
- 13:58Anyway,
- 13:59I
- 13:59love
- 13:59you
- 13:59all.
- 14:00Take
- 14:00care.
- 14:00Signing
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