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Mar 14, 2016, 08:33 PM
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I am on 900 mg of Lithium, and hate it. The diarrhea and nausea never go away. I am having thyroid problems and my family doctor wants me off of Lithium, but my P.doc wants me on Lithium
What do you take? Are you happy with it? Why or why not? I am especially interested in Topomax. All input appreciated. Smiles to all
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Mar 14, 2016, 08:37 PM
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Was on seroquel - now on nothing but wellbutrin. Seroquel worked really well, actually. But it made me too.. cool with anything. I need more drive. I'm really kind on seroquel though. Almost passionate.
I can't say it is balancing me out not having it, but i can say it is more interesting. |
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Mar 14, 2016, 08:39 PM
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I'm on Seroquel now, and it's working for me. That and the big lifestyle change I made. I'm on medical leave from a stressful job.
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#4
Mar 14, 2016, 08:40 PM
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I'm on 900mg lithium and its working well for me so far... no major side effects.
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Mar 14, 2016, 08:42 PM
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400mg of Lamictal for depression mostly , with a side dish of 100mg of trazadone ... still depressed but it helps ...
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Mar 14, 2016, 08:51 PM
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My Trileptal/Latuda combo works well for me. Trileptal works better for me than Lamictal ever did.
Hope you can find something that works well for you without the side effects. Sent from my LGLS990 using Tapatalk |
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Mar 14, 2016, 08:56 PM
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Lamictal
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Mar 14, 2016, 09:20 PM
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I'm on Lithium and Lamotrigine.
Pdoc wanted me to take 900mg of Lithium. I tried, but couldn't take it. I lowered myself to 600mg and now is tolerable. My blood is fine. .6 of whatever. That's what should count. The blood tests. I'm tapering myself from the Lamotrigine. Very slowly. |
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#9
Mar 14, 2016, 09:46 PM
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I don't take a mood stabilizer. Invega keeps all mania down and I'm working on finding an antidepressant. Hoping emsam will work for me. Trileptal worked the best for me when I was taking a mood stabilizer
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#10
Mar 14, 2016, 10:39 PM
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I love my trileptal. Haven't been mixed or dysphoric since!
And yea lithium had me going to the bathroom about 6 times a day. Blehh Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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#11
Mar 15, 2016, 07:37 AM
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Lamotrigine. Keeps me non-depressed when (having been) non-manic.
I see my unprovoked or stable mania as something just as normal (most ideal, but not workable; more than just hypomania) as pre-BP stability, for me. I don't mind the post-mania depression enough to make me want to do away with mania (but again, not really something I can afford right now: not yet). I do also like stability: continuous and volatile (provoked, by fear, anxiety or opposition) mood and energy I rather do without. I also need some more fixed screws to be able to communicate, so I take an antipsychotic. Lamotrigine alone makes mania quite easily reachable. So I can use all my meds to kinda control it. I like that. Brains need rest, with some pharmacological help (due to circumstances) or depression. Both'll do. Just don't want continuous chaos.
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#12
Mar 15, 2016, 08:05 AM
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I take 1,000 mg of Depakote have been on it since diagnosed 6 years ago and it works well for me
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#13
Mar 15, 2016, 08:59 AM
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Seraquel. I've been on and off it for years.
Don't like getting so hungry at night though. I have gained about 30 lbs.
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Mar 15, 2016, 12:02 PM
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750mg of Depakote, works great for me.
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Mar 15, 2016, 01:29 PM
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I'm on 1200mg trileptal just wish we could get the depression to lesson I'm not sure the Latuda is doing the trick
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#16
Mar 15, 2016, 01:43 PM
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Latuda and Lamictal, although I'm currently in the process of titrating up on Lamictal.
No side effects so far. A handful of people get akathisia (sp?) from Latuda, but I'm fortunate not to have that. I think 1 in 5 people get akathisia from Latuda, or 20% |
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#17
Mar 15, 2016, 03:46 PM
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Lamictal works great for me. I have been on it for more than 6 years and with no noticeable side effects.
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Mar 15, 2016, 04:20 PM
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Quote:
 It's racing a car on a motorway you have all to yourself. No competition, no cars stalling your smooth ride. No queues that make you overheat your engine. No need to evade traffic, squeeze in between cars and make up for lost time: no accidents, no crash. We normally are race cars between slow traffic. Traffic lights everwhere. Cops everywhere, representing the jealous lot, prescribing speed limits. (the analogies: lamotrigine has its own metabolic pathway, is antidepressive and has very limited, but just enough antimanic efficacy for a smooth journey; all quite unique; the rest must be clear enough I suppose)
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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 15, 2016, 07:37 PM
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Lamictal and Geodon for me....the former for lows and the latter for bipolar 1 highs as well as covering any intermittent psychosis.
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Mar 16, 2016, 06:23 PM
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But other than that it's been great! lol Seriously it's been totally fine other than those isolated incidents and idk if I should ask for different meds because these have been so great. |
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Mar 16, 2016, 06:27 PM
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Mar 16, 2016, 06:29 PM
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I've never had that but it sounds like an allergic reaction to something. Maybe the trileptal or something you ate or drank when you took it. Could be very serious. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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