In the course of doing the work up for the cause of my iron anemia (hematologist thinks gastritis plus ulcer surgery plus Protonix), it was found some of my liver enzymes were elevated. An abdominal ultrasound showed I have a somewhat fatty liver, not horrible, but also not that common in nonalcoholics who are not overweight or diabetic. A closer study showed the fattiness was mild and was supposed to check for scarring though I haven’t heard back about that yet. Pdoc said oh, yeah, he’d bet it was caused by Seroquel (which I have taken for many years). The problem is if I am not on an AP, I usually go to full mania quickly. I tried Abilify, but that didn’t help me, ages ago Risperdal. Are there any APs out there easier on the liver? I am also scared of trying a new one as Seroquel has worked quite well for me, and every med has side effect horror stories out there.

Is there anything other than an AP that dials back mania? Wellbutrin and Adderall are recent additions (around a year) for me and don’t seem to cause mania or hypomania more than before I started them.. Pdoc sent me to have my cholesterol tested, but I don’t have those results back either though it has been trending upward (still normal but bad cholesterol up every 2 years when my PCP checks it).