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Old Jan 09, 2016, 08:50 PM
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I've been taking metformin with bipolar meds for a long time. It helped me lose 40 lbs in the first couple of months and then kind of stopped helping me lose but it helped with appetite still. I stopped taking it a couple of months ago (dunno why) and I'm restarting it now and it's making me nauseous (that's one of the side effects) but I am hoping it will help me lose weight again since I've been off it for a while.
I'm asking my pdoc about it the next time I'm in her office! BTW, I finally got sleep but it was due to me going back on my old regimen. I kind of feel like a failure but it's better than how crazy it was making me! I was MISERABLE!
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1800mg Gabapentin
10mg Memantine (weaning off)
.6mg Clonidine (for sleep and anxiety)
40mg Propanol (for sleep)
3 mg Xanax
10mg Saphris
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