Sounds promising! Thanks for sharing about it. I hope people who need it can afford any copays.
Zyprexa worked quite well on stabilizing my moods, too, but I only took it briefly as it caused me not only rapid weight gain, but awful akathisia. I hope this new med has little chance of both. I remember an inpatient psychiatrist telling me that Zyprexa should be kept in mind in the future as an "emergency only med."
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Dx: Bipolar type 1
Psych Medications:
* Tegretol XR (carbamazepine ER) 800 mg
* Lamictal (lamotrigine) 150 mg
* Seroquel XR (quetiapine ER) 500 mg
I also take meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and tachycardia.
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