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Default Jun 19, 2021 at 02:13 PM
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i used to take depakote. i suppose that would be it for me but that was the only one that was prescribed to me. Sending many safe, warm hugs to ALL of you, @BeyondtheRainbow, your Family, your Friends and ALL of your Loved Ones! Keep fighting and keep rocking NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, OK?!
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Default Jun 20, 2021 at 02:55 AM
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I take a lot of meds, but the glue that holds me together is Zyprexa. I was unstable on five meds, but it got better, and fast, when my pdoc put me on Vitamin Z. I’m not sure how I’d do off the Geodon (my other AP), but I’m really not interested in changing my regimen because it WORKS.

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Default Jun 20, 2021 at 06:27 AM
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For me my mood stabilizer, hands down. Once I started on Lamictal everything started evening out.
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Default Jun 20, 2021 at 09:13 PM
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Elavil, but due to reducing migraines. Abilify for the bipolar.

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Default Jun 21, 2021 at 08:27 PM
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For me it has been Wellbutrin

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Default Jun 25, 2021 at 06:57 PM
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It’s Geodon and Vraylar for me. Once I started Geodon, I started consistently sleeping at night and I started getting better. Vraylar keeps me there for the most part.
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For me it has been Wellbutrin

I just took my first dose today and I was happy it had no side effects. I don’t know why I was so scared of it.
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It’s Geodon and Vraylar for me. Once I started Geodon, I started consistently sleeping at night and I started getting better. Vraylar keeps me there for the most part.

Vraylar made me throw up. No nausea for you?

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For me my mood stabilizer, hands down. Once I started on Lamictal everything started evening out.

Yep back on lamictal myself .

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Although I really need all of them, because one is a mood stabilizer, 2 are antipsychotics, and 1 is a benzo---Seroquel stands out to me as a must. Without Seroquel, I will pace around in a manic state and not get any sleep at all.

Yeah I need seroquel for sleep
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Default Jun 25, 2021 at 07:35 PM
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I can’t name just one. I need them all. I’ve been on Trintellix and Lamictal for years. Saphris is new as is Trazadone.
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Default Jun 27, 2021 at 11:32 AM
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Ketamine and lithium.

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Default Jun 30, 2021 at 02:58 PM
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I take cogentin for haldol for side effects and requip for risperdal akathesia. I feel ya!

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I can’t name just one. I need them all. I’ve been on Trintellix and Lamictal for years. Saphris is new as is Trazadone.

I was on lamictal for years then came off it and now am going back on it
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Default Jul 02, 2021 at 04:05 PM
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Benzos (the only med I have found I am not allergic to. I was also allergic recently to another... medical... thing. The rash is healing though with baby aveeno.)

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Default Jul 03, 2021 at 04:21 PM
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I take Clonazepam primarily because it helps with my tinnitus. I don't think I could keep going without it. For a while it also helped with my anxiety and my anger issues, and it may still be doing so, but not as much as it was initially. I've read the benefits of Clonazepam, for anxiety, wear off after a few weeks. So it's not typically recommended for longer than 4 or 5 weeks I think it is. (Plus it's addictive.) But I expect to be on it permanently due to my tinnitus. Before I started taking it again, a few months ago (I had been on it previously for a while), I was definitely in a dark and scary place...
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Default Jul 03, 2021 at 05:13 PM
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Like others have said, each med I take targets a different symptom and I don't think any of them are more important than the other - the constellation of meds is what works: lithium for mania, lamictal for depression, zoloft for anxiety, seroquel for sleep, and adderall as needed to focus. I started with lithium, and each one thereafter was added when the previous med stabilized it's target symptom. The stabilization of one symptom revealed the next that needed to be addressed.
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