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Sep 02, 2020, 01:56 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Originally Posted by Living in LaLa Land
My previous pdoc (which I'm still using until my new therapist sees me on the 21st) prescribed Dapokote for the mania and Clonopin (spelling) for insomnia. Any experiences with any of these?
I sleep a total of 7ish hours last night (spread out of course). No pacing in my living room. No bath. No Melatonin. I simply laid down and slept. I feel a bit hopeful again.
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It's so good that you slept some. Definitely a hopeful sign!
I took Depakote for a year or so. Interestingly, it was prescribed to me for migraine headaches. It did help with those and it did stabilize my moods. The downside was that I did gain some weight, maybe about 25 lbs.
Clonazepam (Lonopin) is a benzo. I've been on it for 20+ years because my body is addicted to it. As long as you don't stay on it so long that you build a tolerance and have to keep increasing the dose and so on until your physically addicted to it (meaning, you have vicious, even life threatening, withdrawal symptoms when you try to stop taking it) it's helpful for reducing anxiety and for some people, sleep. My strong suggestion is just don't take it for more than a couple of months MAX.
I've forgotten - have you ever been on Lamictal?
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