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Can anyone please recommend a anticonvulsant for racing thoughts. Anyone tried a medication that brought about stillness in your mind?
Also if the medication can also help promote weight loss that would be great as well. I am currently on lithium and seroquel. |
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I am not a doc of course but seroquel is an atypical antipsychotic. I use lamictal and it has been a life saver. I do take an AAP but that is geodon and I take that at night.
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I am on seroquel as well and it has helped me with a lot of things. Please tell me more about lamictal what does it help you with and what benefits do you get from it? how has it been a life saver?
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trileptal, maybe? if your doctor thinks trileptal is an option, be sure to get your blood sodium checked -before treatment begins- and again after I think its 8-12 weeks. kind of a big deal...a lot of psych doctors are slack about monitoring with trileptal. oh, and..if it is an option, try to work with your doctor and remember: start low (dosage), go slow(ly)...don't rush up to a high dose, if possible.
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It can decrease sodium levels sometimes which is why it's important to get the levels checked as the poster above said.
I take trileptal and it's been amazing for me. It actually stopped the racing thoughts and manic symptoms. I used to take depakote but switched to Trileptal due to issues with weight gain. It's been better for me that either Lithium or Depakote honestly __________________ “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” -St. Francis of Assisi
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trileptal did not cause weight gain? |
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the data on trileptal i think mostly comes from small studies...it was never fda-approved for any mood disorders. having said that...
for some people, it provides stability w/ fewer adverse effects than lithium, depakote, etc. i took it because depakote+my 'atypical' = misery, but trileptal+'atypical'= OK. each individual is different, of course. |
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@pat86 I take 1200 mg, it hadn't caused weight gain for me. I actually lost the weight I gained from Depakote
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Topamax I’ve lost weight as well which is nice. Take it at night and go night night nicely as well.
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I was put on 200mg Topamax in rehab for addiction cravings (I don't even have cravings but they like to put everyone on it) and I stopped taking it before I saw my outpatient psychiatrist because it made me feel stupid and my psychiatrist said that it would have made me lose like 20 IQ points if I was still on that dose.
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I'm going to endorse trileptal as well. I've been on it for years and it drastically cut down the racing thoughts and anger. And it's weight neutral, I didn't gain anything on it. I'm up to 1800mg.
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I have anger/anxiety as well I think seroquel cut down on it. But its good to hear trileptal helps. The other drug I see consistently mentioned is lamictal |
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how did they effect you? I tried many stimulants and many of them made me angry or have angry thoughts all day. I wonder if those of us with bi polar are more susceptible to anger and angry thoughts. |
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I've never tried stimulants
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Depakote has really helped to slow down my racing mind.
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