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Originally Posted by ~Christina
I am curious.....
If you are minding your own business and trotting right along and X happens or nothing happens to set it off , and you find your self flying face first into a Manic episode.
What do you do ? Call your Pdoc? what if its the weekend? or your regular Pdoc is on vacation ?
Am I the only one that has a plan for such times ? I have 2 medications I can take to stop or at least slow down my ugly hateful self destructive mania ..
Isn't it normal to have a "plan" that you and your doctor agree upon that can help you NOW instead of later?
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You know my story, Christina, so I'm left to my own devices when the accelerator in my brain gets stuck. I use the amino acid taurine which has properties similar to anitconvulsants. The recommended dosing when it's used as a supplement is 1 to 3 grams a day but to stop the mania and the migraine that accompanies it, 5 to 15 grams in a day. But it works. My pdoc knows about its anti-manic properties and she knows I do my research on
everything.