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Originally Posted by erraticpendulum
Sorry to hear, it is exhausting.
I go through a state of rapid cycling 4 times each year as the seasons change, fluxuations in mood only last 1week-2week in duration.
I take sodium valproate aswell as cymbalta but my dose was only rasied from 30mg to 60mg on thursday with great reluctance that it could start me cycling or induce mania.
How do you go taking a stimulant like dexamphetamine? I have to avoid caffine
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well the dex could be contributing to my cycles, it's possible. But my ADHD is so bad I have to be on it.
The divalproex and the abilify I'm on help counter-balance it. My new p-doc wants to take me off the cymbalta (he thinks it is making me cycle more rapidly) and he wants to up my abilify significantly.
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age: 23
dx: bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS
current meds: depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements
past meds: ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft
other: individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis
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