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Old Mar 26, 2013, 07:43 PM
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Lamictal has helped a great deal with my depression. With mania......not so much.

In fact, it's probably useless for mania, at least with me. On two memorable occasions last year, an uptick in the dosage actually activated manic episodes. I leveled out fairly quickly (within a week or so), but it still seems strange that a mood stabilizer would cause mood elevation.
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Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
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