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Originally Posted by bipolarchickk
I'm currently on lamictal 200mg, wellbutrin 450mg, topamax 50mg and my mood is CONSTANTLY changing. It can change many times a day. I'm not normally manic, but the depression comes and goes like crazy.. along with anger. Here's some of the other meds I've tried...
Lithium-worst med ever... made me attempt suicide twice
Depakote-worked but gained too much weight
Latuda- went manic and tons of side effects
Geodon-made me sleep non stop
Invega- worked great but gained 50 lbs
Risperidone- also contirubed to the weight gain and decreased my sex drive completely
Gabapentin- had no effect
Abilify- gave me a twitch in my arm
I know meds work different for everyone, but was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions?
any help appreciated, thanks  |
If your doctor is willing to go outside the proverbial box, ask him/her to look into minocycline. There have been some papers about its ability to help various neurological and psychiatric conditions - there's some theoretical basis, and clinical trials have been undertaken. In particular, there is a 2004 paper exploring whether minocycline has antidepressant effect.
I'm currently having very good luck with it for treatment resistant depression (combined with a low dose of a abilify). The doctor who recommended has had success in at least one other patient, and someone else that I know is finding it helpful.