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Old Mar 27, 2013, 01:26 PM
SingDanceRunLife SingDanceRunLife is offline
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Hey guys --

I'm BP 2, and my meds seemed to have pretty much pooped out on me. I'm seeing my pdoc tomorrow, and will most likely ask to be switched to something different.

I'm currently taking: Seroquel (300mg), Lexapro (20mg), Ambien CR (12.5mg).

I want something that is effective against depression, insomnia (the Ambien probably only works about half as well now as it did when I first started it), and difficulty concentrating, and also effective for anxiety/OCD since even that is flaring up, and something that won't cause me to gain a ton of weight either.

Past meds include: Zyprexa (amazing, except that I gained 30lbs on it in 2 months), Depakote, Geodon (together they gave me a tremor, and even with one alone the tremor persisted, and weren't particularly effective either, Abilify (made me more depressed), Lamictal (got a rash -- not the rash, but a really annoying one), Prozac (gave me headaches), Zoloft (made my hypomanic and jittery), Effexor XR (had terrible side effects all around, even at the low low dose of 37.5mg), Celexa (made me super tired, irritable and sleepy). I think that's it...

So yeah, I don't want to go back on any of the ones I've already tried...

Any suggestions of what I should look into/ask my pdoc about?