Lamictal is my mood stabilizer and helps a lot with depression, but doesn't do anything for the mania so I'm taking a small dose of an AP for that. Both are weight-neutral and don't affect my blood sugar (I'm a diabetic as well so I have to watch that). So far, so good.
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DX: Bipolar 1
Anxiety
Tardive dyskinesia
Mild cognitive impairment
RX: Celexa 20 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM
Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN
Lamictal 500 mg
Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression)
Trazodone 150 mg
Zyprexa 7.5 mg
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