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Mar 06, 2016, 12:57 PM
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If you are (relatively) stable, what is your magic cocktail (or monotherapy)?
Mine is: 200 mg quetiapine XR, 200 mg IR and 100 mg lamotrigine. I love it! Supplements: 600 mg acetylcysteine, 1200 IU vitamin E, 800 mcg methylcobalamin and 800 mcg methylfolate. Cigarettes and coffee, PRN. It has afforded me unimaginable, previously forgotten, joy and freedom.
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Mania kills cells. Brain cells die. Memories become more reduced conceptually, making more efficient use of limited means. Memories shape our reality. Our memories are more or less split in two by abstractions, conceptual reductions. Mood states with memories, concepts, attached. Memories of pain and those of joy. It causes instability, changeability. Fearing that will leave an emptiness between pain and joy and a greater divide. See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me. |
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Mar 06, 2016, 01:30 PM
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Abilifye maintena shot
Vito d, b complex and multivitamin
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Mar 06, 2016, 02:02 PM
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Well, the basic cocktail used to include Fluoxetine and Olanzapine, and an antianxiety med. Buspirone works pretty well for me. There were others, but this is what I considered that which was doing the most to stabilize me. Have not been that stable since.
By the way, I understand that some of the psychoavtive meds can be administered by a shot in the arm, or patch. This sounds worth exploring to me. Tucson
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Dx: Bipolar I, ADD, GAD. Rx: Fluoxetine, Buproprion, Olanzapine, Lamictal, and Strattera. |
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Mar 06, 2016, 04:44 PM
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My current cocktail is very effective. No side effects except for carb cravings.
Lamictal 300mg Abilify 15mg Ritalin (extended release) 20mg Clonazepam 1mg (for sleep) Vitamin D PRN: Ritalin 10mg and Xanax
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Bipolar: Lamictal, and Abilify. Klonopin, Ritalin and Xanax PRN. |
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Mar 06, 2016, 05:01 PM
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My cocktail is ok at keeping manic Psycotic episodes away.
Except I'm depressed. But not as badly depressed as with other med cocktails.
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 Bipolar 1Day Vraylar 3 mg. Wellbutrin 150 Night meds Temazepam 30 mg or lorazepam Hasn't helped yet. From sunny California! |
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Mar 06, 2016, 05:46 PM
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 Oh, yes!: vitamin D when depressed and "working" from home.  Some meds, not just psychoactive, can be injected intravenously or as depot: the former works very fast (pretty much instantly) while the latter is for maintenance and works very slow. It also depends on whether you take any atypical antipsychotics orally or other antihistaminic meds.
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Mania kills cells. Brain cells die. Memories become more reduced conceptually, making more efficient use of limited means. Memories shape our reality. Our memories are more or less split in two by abstractions, conceptual reductions. Mood states with memories, concepts, attached. Memories of pain and those of joy. It causes instability, changeability. Fearing that will leave an emptiness between pain and joy and a greater divide. See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me. |
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#7
Mar 06, 2016, 06:11 PM
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My current "cocktail" is pretty effective. It definitely takes the edge off both mania and depression. I'm a little hypo now but would probably be full-on manic if I weren't on these meds. The cycles are much slower and less severe. I'm happy with it.
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DX: Bipolar 1 Anxiety Tardive dyskinesia Mild cognitive impairment RX: Celexa 20 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN Lamictal 500 mg Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression) Trazodone 150 mg Zyprexa 7.5 mg Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com |
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Mar 06, 2016, 06:17 PM
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Current cocktail
Trileptal 1200mg Latuda 120mg BusBar 10mg x3 Vitamin D Sent from my XT1058 using Tapatalk
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Current Meds Lamictal 200 mg x2 Seroquel 100 mg |
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