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Old Apr 15, 2015, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Wander View Post
Sorry to hear you are suffering so much. Have you tried any Atypical Anti-psychotics? When I am mixed or manic I find Olazapine (Zyprexa) or Quetiapine (Seroquel) help a bit to give me at least several hours of decent sleep, if not more. Depression is hell too. It will pass (I am trying so hard to remind myself of this at the moment). Hang in there.
Thanks. Yes, I'm on a very high dose of Seroquel, so much that I can't have any more of it. Zyprexa does not sedate me. And the others I can't take; Geodon caused uncontrolled mouth movements, Abilify caused akathesia (cannot stop moving and it is horrible), Risperdal causes high blood pressure which is too bad because it also does work. Latuda doesn't work for me. Saphris interacts with something else I'm on. If I have to add anti-pyschotic is has to be an older one ad my psychiatrist would rather add Depakote at a low dose than that. I HATE Depakote. My body doesn't process it well and I don't want to even try it because a low dose is unlikely to work and will land me on a high dose and I never want to do that again. I was on a ton of it 3000 mg or more for years and that barely kept my blood level at the right place but it had a lot of side effects. So I'm hoping to avoid that.