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Originally Posted by Pookyl
I have a tendency to almost always run manic and mixed. I’m rarely depressed. The only thing that stopped my sui mixed mood in Nov ‘17 after 10 months was Epilim/Depakote, so I can on a logical level understand the increased need for it. My blood levels are sub therapeutic so that’s another reason she’s considering an increase in dosage.
She doesn’t want to up the Latuda because I’ve had a drop in cognition since starting on it.
I have a really complicated medical history so I can sense that she’s in between a rock and a hard place.
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Then it is difficult (in her shoes and esp. in yours)
If you are benefiting from the synergy between Lithium and Epilim, and, you are subtherapeutic on both, but do not gain weight on Lithium, then there is the option of raising Lithium, not Epilim, but arriving at the same result.
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Bipolar I w/Psychotic features
Zyprexa Zydis 5 mg
Gabapentin 1200 mg
Melatonin 10 mg
Levoxyl 75 mcg (because I took Lithium in the past)
past medications: Depakote, Lamictal, Lithium, Seroquel, Trazodone, Risperdal, Cogentin, Remerol, Prozac, Amitriptyline, Ambien, Lorazepam, Klonopin, Saphris, Trileptal, Clozapine and Clozapine+Wellbutrin, Topamax
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