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Originally Posted by IntentOnHealing
"Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path"
Love me some Pink Floyd.
But onto your questions...
I don't know where to start from, really, because I don't know what symptoms the addition of depakote was intended to relieve. Were you depressed and feel that it might be making your manicky? Were you manicky and feel that what you've got isn't enough? I don't know, so my answers are pretty general. Plus I'm not a real doctor. I just play one on TV 
There is a difference between what is too much when you are in an actively manic state and when you are in the maintenance phase. Only your doctor can determine that. You are on quite the cocktail but that doesn't mean it's "too much." Only your doctor can tell you what is too much. As a point of reference though...When I was in the hospital, the doctor who treated me said it was common to have more that one mood stabilizer in place for severe bipolar. You have several.
As for klonopin, yes. It is a benzo. Benzos can mask manic symptoms. At the same time, klonopin is used to TREAT bipolar. I don't know much about it though. I wish I could be more helpful.
Do you have family or friends monitoring you? If not, you probably should. At least until you can direct these questions to your pdoc or your symptoms abate |
Thank you for your awesome and thoughtful response. This is one of the few moments I am sane enough to sit and write. I've tried to come here as much as possible to ground myself but most of the time I am pacing, jumpining up and down and scaring my kids. I am exceedingly glad for this site glad. I have been manic, very very manic. My pdoc said I needed to go to the hospital but I fought her and she said as long as my family doesn't notice delusions I can avoid it. I have lots of friends and family monitoring me. They are the ones who called me out...it's frustrating at times. I know they certainly care for me. I believe the benzos do ware off. I was dead tired and now my mind is a whirlwind. Time will tell If my mind explodes!