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Sep 29, 2009, 08:57 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Posts: 2,779
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Originally Posted by spiritual_emergency
I'm interested in hearing about individual's experiences with medication to treat mania. That may be a direction that my child is going so it would be very helpful to have some feedback from people who have "been there". If you feel comfortable sharing what symptoms you were experiencing previously, other conditions that might play a role in determining medication (i.e. epilepsy) and how well your medication helped you with your symptoms, that would also be helpful.
Thank you.
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It depends on what kind of mania your son is experiencing.
There is hypomania, mania without psychosis, and mania with psychosis.
Also, if the anti-psychotic creates a condition called Tradive Diskenesia, it requires another type of medication.
There are several mood stabilizers which work quite well on simple mania w/o psychosis and the side effects are fairly tolerable. As with most medications, it depends upon the patient.
I personally have only taken Depakote and Lamictal for mood stabilizers. They were not taken together. I tried Lamictal during one trial period but I did react with a specific red rash that eventually develops into a critical illness. So I had to discontinue the Lamictal and resume the Depakote. There are only a few individuals who experience this. The dosage I take of Depakote is 1000mg per day. That is a fairly low dose.
The one side effect that is common with mood stabilizers is weight gain. Not everyone experiences this.
I hope this information has helped you a little.
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 Vickie
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