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Originally Posted by bipolarmedstudent
Another option if you want: lower your lithium dosage, and add depakote. Depakote and lithium often work really well together, and by combining them, you can be on lower doses of both medications, and therefore have less side effects.
Just an idea.  |
This is a very effective combo against mania, God bless my previous p-doc. But I got severe tremor from Depakote. I had had no tremor with Lithium alone (1500mg daily) and when Depakote was added, got severe tremors. I then scaled down Depakote from 1000mg to 500mg: there is some improvement but still visible tremor. It makes me feel very self-conscious.