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Originally Posted by Pughead
Yeah. I'm on 500mg of Depakote ER to "offset" the mild hypomanic tendencies I'm having with lamictal. "Hey, he's in a persistent but mild hypomanic state that he seems good at controlling through self-awareness. Lets make him feel like crap."
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I've noticed that most docs don't seem to mind if we are in a persistant mild depression, but they don't want us to be in
any kind of hypomanic state. I don't see why your doc wanted to add anything at all if you are remaining stable at the low level of hypomania and you aren't spiraling further upwards. I was on a combo of meds at one time that had me in that situation (I don't remember the meds, I've been on so many, I just know that eventually they stopped working, as do most meds I've tried), and my doc that I was seeing at that time just had me sign a "contract" with him that I would get in with him immediately or go to the ER if my hypomania got worse. I liked him; it was sad when he retired!
sidenote: Depakote made me gain a lot of weight too. I lost the weight, but now the seroquel made me gain it back. I don't mind at this point since the meds are working pretty well.
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