Increased leaxapro and added risperdal....now hypomanic

Before my visit with p-doc last wed. I was on 400mg lamictal, 30mg lexapro. He increased the lexapro by 10mg and added risperdal 2mg. I've been hypomanic since I started. Would it be the lexapro or risperdal that causes this?

The lexapro, I would think. It's an antidepressant. Because it can treat depression, it elevates the mood and can make your mood state go higher (towards the hypomanic side).

The risperdal is an atypical antipsychotic. It's often used to manage mixed and manic states.

Call your pdoc to be sure though.

I'll put money on Lexapro being the problem... It flipped me into a ugly Mania.

Hope you can get things worked out.. Call your pdoc

Yeah check with your dr. I think it would be lexapro. I think the risperdal would be a bit sedating.

I would like to switch to wellbutrin...can it also cause mania? i'm guessing yes

yea. its still an anti-depressant

Might you ask for a decreased dosage of the lexapro? I'm just coming out of a deep depression & my pdoc prescribed 10 mg. lexapro (I'm also on 400 mg. seroquel & 15 mg. abilify). I had no adverse affects from the lexapro, & in fact, I'm sure that's what caused the depression to lift a bit. My pdoc is always conservative with adding anti-depressants because it's induced mania in the past. A lower dose might kill two birds with one stone. I realize, however, that different people react differently to medications.