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Old Feb 04, 2011, 09:32 PM
Minah Byrd Minah Byrd is offline
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I'm flying in here as a nube to the site but I'm a real psychiatrist and interested in the whole process of how a site like this can work. Dont know what you've been on, but although I like Topamax due to weight neutral/loss sides, 300mg is enough to make your mind foggy. Combining one effective, well tolerated med from the anticonvulsant side (Topamax, Depakote, Trileptal, Lamictal) with one from the antipsychotic side (Risperdal, Geodon, Seroquel, and Abilify) is the key. There is no way to know which combo will work for which pt...still mostly trial and error. However, in the long run, Lamictal tends to work best on that side. From the others, weight gain is often a killer with Seroquel and Abilify although if you can manage this side effect most folks prefer Abilify. Rage needs to be figured out in the context of source...meds tend to dampen the emotion but not eliminate the source, unless the source is random. If it is, then I sometimes get more ambitious with medicating and use additional meds. BTW, beware the Adderall, well known to cause rage, either at peak of the dose, or at the end (rebound). Peace
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