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#1
May 07, 2017, 08:04 AM
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Hi,
I am new or not so new on this. I had a manic episode while a teen, many depressive ones, and also mixed ones, but during the mixed ones I thought it was just stress or CPTSD trigger that happened to often. On Friday my doctor confirmed they were dysphoric mania. He said he thought valporate or carbamazepine, but he didn't thought about lithium that much. I see him on Tuesday. What have been your experiences with these medication and what information you can provide me? Thank you, I am still confused, I never thought I was really bipolar/schizoaffective.
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Crazy, inside and aside Meds: bye bye meds CPTSD and some sort of depression and weird perceptions "Outwardly: dumbly, I shamble about, a thing that could never have been known as human, a
thing whose shape is so alien a travesty that humanity becomes more obscene for the vague resemblance." I have no mouth and I must scream -Harlan Ellison- |
 Anonymous45023, browneyed_wreck
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#2
May 07, 2017, 08:26 AM
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Valproate ends mania effectively, but can make you amazingly hungry, as well as a few other side effects I didn't get. The hunger effect seems to be wearing off now for me at about 4 months at therapeutic level. Losing the weight I gained will be challenging, but an acceptable price for what I gained.
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BD 1; Abilify, Wellbutrin |
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#3
May 07, 2017, 08:41 AM
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I just started lithium and am in a mixed episode now. I have bipolar/schizoaffective, as well.
I hope they can figure out the best med for you. Good luck! |
| OliverB
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#4
May 08, 2017, 12:11 AM
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Thank you both,
I am afraid of valporate since I have POS and it makes me naturally to gain more weight, and it is not for looking pretty or not, high weight with POS is a bomb of symptoms, it makes POS worse, and also, being physically slow by overweight, getting tired easily, possible sleep apnea... Will likely make me depressed and insomniac, so I would need lamictal and extra pill for sleep. While lithium seems more weight neutral I am afraid of ''getting dull'' on it as many people describe it. I see carbamazapine more benign ... but I don't have enough information.
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Crazy, inside and aside Meds: bye bye meds CPTSD and some sort of depression and weird perceptions "Outwardly: dumbly, I shamble about, a thing that could never have been known as human, a
thing whose shape is so alien a travesty that humanity becomes more obscene for the vague resemblance." I have no mouth and I must scream -Harlan Ellison- |
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#5
May 08, 2017, 12:27 AM
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I don't have experience with any except lithium and I wasn't able to get to therapudic dosage as I experienced side effects. Why does your doctor only provide these options when there are many others to consider? I'm sorry to hear about your health issues and I know from experience how health issues can complicate the medicine options. Good luck on your decision and I hope you get the answers you seek here.
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| OliverB
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#6
May 08, 2017, 02:10 AM
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Quote:
 I can't take antipsychotics, SSRI, SNRI, trycycles (i don't know how to spell it), buspirone is not available in my country. Benzodiacepines do nothing for me at a therapeutic dosage, I have to take mega ones which is dangerous. Gabapentin absorbs really different depending on many factors, from 30% to 60% of it. So I was put on pregabalin that kills my anxiety and depression. He added trazodone on Friday for the agitation-mixed episode. He said he cannot give a mood stabilizer without being able to monitorize the first days that would be weekend. Which other options I have that are not mood stabilizers?
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Crazy, inside and aside Meds: bye bye meds CPTSD and some sort of depression and weird perceptions "Outwardly: dumbly, I shamble about, a thing that could never have been known as human, a
thing whose shape is so alien a travesty that humanity becomes more obscene for the vague resemblance." I have no mouth and I must scream -Harlan Ellison- |
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May 08, 2017, 02:21 AM
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Quote:
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"Do you know what’s really scary? You want to forget something. Totally wipe it off your mind. But you never can. It can’t go away, you see. And… and it follows you around like a ghost." ~ A Tale of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon) (2003) "I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I’ve always felt that I wasn’t a member of any particular group." ~ Anne Rice |
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#8
May 08, 2017, 04:15 AM
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My current doctor says that for mixed states Lithium is the best of those three, but he also said that current research has shown Lithium plus Valproate is even more effective. I started Valproate (with the Lithium I have been on for years) to try to calm me down but stopped the Valproate a week later because of the weight gain issues. In the end an AP Haldol, brought me back to stable.
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Bipolar 1 with psychotic features PTSD  "Phew! For a minute there I lost myself." 'Karma Police' by Radiohead |
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#9
May 08, 2017, 05:21 AM
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lithium worked for me. they raised me pretty quick inpatient to therapeutic. but I think being bombed with seroquel with the lithium was the combo for me
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I used to rule the world Seas would rise when I gave the word Now in the morning, I sleep alone Sweep the streets I used to own I used to roll the dice Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes Listen as the crowd would sing Now the old king is dead! Long live the king! One minute I held the key Next the walls were closed on me And I discovered that my castles stand Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand |
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#10
May 08, 2017, 07:27 AM
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So adding lithium or carbamazepina (tegretol) might be the best...
Thank you for telling us your experiences. If someone else wants to add his, I will be glad to read it.
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Crazy, inside and aside Meds: bye bye meds CPTSD and some sort of depression and weird perceptions "Outwardly: dumbly, I shamble about, a thing that could never have been known as human, a
thing whose shape is so alien a travesty that humanity becomes more obscene for the vague resemblance." I have no mouth and I must scream -Harlan Ellison- |
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#11
Aug 15, 2017, 12:42 AM
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I tried carbamazepine during a trip to New York in the late nineties and it transformed me into something I am literally unable to describe, so I am neither able to recommend nor endorse it.
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#12
Aug 15, 2017, 03:22 AM
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I was diagnosed bipolar un November last year, after being like 12 years on antidepressants. They last manic episode started on June last year. I was put on Depakote and lithium and Seroquel, and stopped taking they antidepressants. It helped but I entered a mixed episode. At least for me, the miracoulus drug is Zyprexa: it kills manía un a few days. It comes with huge weight gain and sedation.
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Aug 15, 2017, 03:36 AM
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I was put on Depakote and Lithium and they did their work, but not fully. Then came Zyprexa: it killed the episode in less than a week.
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