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33 year old male with bi-polar. 1500 mg. Depakote + 225 mg. Effexor daily for the past 17 mos. I'm still having debilitating depression.

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HI MATT AND WELCOME

YOU MAY FIND YOU GET MORE HEPLFUL REPLIES IF YOU POST IN THE BIPOLAR SECTION.
I'M 37 AND WAS DIGNOSSED ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO. FOR A LONG TIME AFTER MY DIGNOSSES I HAD BIG PROBLEMS WITH DEPRESSION. I THINK A LOT OF IT HAD TO DO WITH BEING ON MEDICATION THAT WORKED WELL ON KEEPING THE HIGHS AWAY BUT DID LITTLE FOR THE DEPRESSIVE END OF IT. I'VE BEEN ON THE MEDS. YOUR ON BUT THEY WEREN'T FOR ME.
I FOUND THAT AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG SUCH AS "SEROQUEL" WORKS WONDERS FOR ME. IT REALLY KEEPS THE DEPRESSION AWAY. YES THESE DRUGS HAVE MOSTLY IN THE PAST BEEN USED FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA BUT THESE PAST FUE YEARS DOCTORS ARE USING IT MORE AND MORE FOR BIPOLAR DISSORDER WITH SUGSESS.

I HOPE YOUR DEPRESSION INPROVES

JACQUI