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Originally Posted by MuddyBoots
I've done well on just an antipsychotic alone (clozapine). Right now I'm on two antipsychotics and two mood stabilizers though because clozapine requires a lot of blood work and the system here just isn't adequate enough to deal with what that entails (and it causes massive weight gain and a lot of sedation).
If you've been on the valproic acid for more than a month or two and the side effects are still bothering you and you haven't gotten any benefit from it, I would say it's not worth it. But that's just me.
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I'm taking both lithium and valproic, I feel tired, but now my pdoc has raised valproic and lowered lithium. I don't know if mood stabilizers can do something against psychosis, but lithium in the past hasn't been able to stop it. Invega is the only antipsychotic I'm taking and wasn't able to stop it either. My longest stability period is 1 year. I guess I need to wait for valproic and its effects but I'd wish to be on AP only. Thanks.