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Mar 15, 2018, 10:08 PM
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Serious question guys. I made a separate post because I need help for those who have taken the medication because I've been on it for 8 years. I know depekote has good reviews. I've been on it for 8 years. My doc has me on it for 250mg. One in morning and one at night. I feel a bit manic right now so sorry. But I don't feel hyper. Ive been on it for 6 weeks for new dosage now my mind feels blank after my anxiety stopped a bit on its own but i still have high anxiety. Therapist told me hypomanic can be different for others. I just want to know what the deal is with depekote. Can literally treat bipolar? Im not feeling too happy with it at all. My doctor recently dosed it and wants me to take two twice a day. I'm not sure how many mg that is. Ever since then I've been feeling like crap. Staying up all night and sleeping all day. I know depekote can make you sleep all day. I feel depressed. Like meh feeling hard to describe. Sorry if it sounds like if my moods are changing. I've been learning how to control them. How does your depekote affect you? I feel like the 250mg twice a day is hammering me pretty bad. I want to stop it but I cant. It used to work but after taking the 250mg twice a day I feel more hypomanic than I do sometimes and sometimes I dont. Anxiety calmed down a bit. I just feel like crap. But I'm not hyper. Or happy. My mind just basically feels blank. Could that be from the meds? Thanks. Anyone else had this experience? Sorry if my post is off I feel like a zombie.
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Mar 15, 2018, 10:27 PM
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No, I’ve never felt hypomanic due to Epilim. I’m on a daily dose of 800mg. I suffer from intrusive suicidal thoughts if I don’t take it. I take it all at 8pm. It is supposed to work well on people with mixed episodes.
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Mar 16, 2018, 12:01 AM
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Mar 16, 2018, 01:25 AM
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It’s all good
 My writing style tends to be abrupt.
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Mar 16, 2018, 03:14 AM
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Im seeing a psychiatrist in a month. My anxiety has been through the roof and been afraid to sleep. Do you have any tips to cope with it? Thanks and sorry for asking! I'm new to the disorder. Suffering from it too.
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Mar 16, 2018, 06:08 AM
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No, Depakote actually seemed to keep me depressed. It, along with the antipsychotic Invega, actually extinguished a bad mania I had that hospitalized me. I have been manic on other bipolar meds/cocktails like Lamictal, Abilify, Trileptal, Neurontin, Lithium, Geodon, and more. Basically, sometimes I've just had breakthrough mania that required dose adjustments or medication changes. That's life with bipolar sometimes.
So you know, when I took Depakote I took about 1200 mg per day. I'm a woman. You must know that Depakote has therapeutic levels. That was the dose I needed for therapeutic level for me. Have you ever had blood tests to determine yours? The doses we need to have a therapeutic level varies. Again, I took it with an antipsychotic, too (Invega). Last edited by Anonymous46341; Mar 16, 2018 at 06:37 AM. |
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Mar 16, 2018, 01:42 PM
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I'd say the same as BirdDancer: it made me more depressed than manic. I also had to watch what APs I took, because it prolonged my heart's QT rhythm a bit. That's not to say it wouldn't make someone else manic, because people react to meds differently.
I do know it's good for migraines, though. Knocks them suckers right out. |
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Mar 17, 2018, 03:12 AM
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I don't feel hypomanic after my doc dosed it. Just more depressed. I was doing fine when I was on the normal dosage one in the morning and two at night 250mg. I just got diagnosed with GAD too and panic disorder, I feel like crap. I've been losing sleep. I've been afraid to sleep and haven't felt normal for awhile now. My doc said it's suppose to help with racing thoughts. But my thoughts have been getting worse and worse. I'm afraid to sleep at night. I don't know if it's the Bipolar acting up or if it's the anxiety. I was fine before but I feel like everything's done downhill. I'm afraid to get my doc to dose it. My anxiety is through the roof and I can't see my new psychiatrist for a month. So I'm pretty much screwed.
Lets just say ever since my doc dosed my meds. I feel like I can't think and I feel like my thoughts are trying to find a way through and I feel like they are angry at me or something and my mind feels zoned out.
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