Well I talked with the nurse about him, but we can't talk extensively since both he and I are a patient of hers, though they have had him sign paperwork to discuss his mental health with me. She told me to be patient and let him recover from the Depakote making him so drowsy (sleeping 12-18 hours/day) and then they will talk about different anti-depressants. Supposively it takes a month to recover from a manic episode, and years to suffer from a psychotic episode, which is what happened to me. I will give him time but I am not running a hospital sort of speak and my caregiving abilities is a little over extended, but I am keeping track of these pills he takes and when he takes them. He has lost some independence in that department to me, and it isn't good for either of us. I get so worried sometimes with medication changes because I research them and they all sound terrible despite that I am on a few myself that if I reread the side-effects I would get sick to my stomach about it.

I take Pristique as an anti-depressant and it has been good to me, except that I am depressed this time of year.

Thanks for sharing.

Grithnir