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Old Dec 24, 2011, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by lolls1994 View Post
have been trying anti depressants as my psychiatrist told me it would be better to try other options before committing to lithium or mood stabilisers
Yeah, like everyone else, I'm gonna say this is a little off. Although I'd note that my prior pdoc tried the same thing - jacked up my AD dose to the max to see if that would do it before trying mood stabilizers. I was OK for awhile (since I was more-or-less stable mood-wise at the time) but ultimately did not help much at all.

I can't begin to say what an improvement mood stabilizers (Lamictal) have been for me. It's a pain getting meds adjusted, but it really can make a difference, in ways that I had never imagined. As I told my pdoc last time, I literally did not realize that it was possible to wake up and immediately feel alert, and not take 3 hours to wake up to full operational status, because I can't remember ever having that except maybe when I was a little kid!

So you might want to give mood stabilizers a try - it's not a commitment, really, because you can always stop them and try something else.