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Originally Posted by Mountainbard
Gemma-- you might ask your pdoc if they do pharmaco-genetic testing, and if they don't or if they blow it off, find someone who does. It's a way of identifying what meds you're sensitive to and what ones might work well for you, and it takes the "roulette" out of the whole meds issue. The link below has more-- epecially pay attention to cloudyn's post.
http://forums.psychcentral.com/bipol...c-testing.html
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This sounds interesting but doubt it is something does out of her practice. I have to have blood tests ordered trough my PCP. I am also pretty sure my HMO would't cover this. I wonder how much it would cost out-of-pocket?
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GemmaTeller
Dx: Bipolar II Disorder, Substance Abuse Disorder
Current Rx: Topamax, Trileptal, Respiridone
Past Rx: Wellbutrin, Lamictal, Abilify, Seroquel, Lexapro, Prozac
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