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Originally Posted by sweepy62
im pissed and worried, depakote didnt work and neurontin she says it is not working cuz i am irritable at times and angry so now she wants to start me on lithium 300 mg twice a day, i mean do these ppl want you to have no emotion at all, btw i just came off a hypomanic manic episode but i didnt hurt anyone i was just super hyper can anyone give me oppinions plz
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i'm bp2, hypomanic, almost no depression, and am now 65. have taken 450 mg. lithium daily for almost 30 years...anything more than 450 mg. caused tremors, and for me it works. there are side effects to most of these meds. but i have been stable when faithfully and obsessively taking my lithium and 1/2 of a .5 mg. klonopin for anxiety and agitation. i've tried the newer mood stabilizer...forgot its name but you work your way up in dosage and it didn't do well for me. much of the med. treatment is trial and error til you find what works. my short term memory is gone, whether from lithium or klonopin, but i still have my humor, charisma, and have somewhat of a blunted affect or reaction to things. good luck.