Posted by SalArmy4me on April 2, 2001, at 4:12:59
In reply to mood swings, help please !, posted by ben on March 31, 2001, at 13:08:35
You may need an anticonvulsant. It is unknown whether or not you will have side-effects from any them, but remember that there is a new Depakote_ER_ and Lamictal will gain full FDA approval for bipolar disorder soon (thus raising the confidence of its efficacy for sufferers).
Correct me if I am in error, but I think you have this idea of atypical neuroleptics (the newest antipsychotics) like they will make you doped up, dumb, or indifferent--all of the ideas that people have held about psychiatric medications for years. I guarantee this is not the case. If anything, I believe they will make your thoughts clearer--and hopefully destroy the cycling as Zyprexa has now been FDA approved for.
I took Risperdal, Zyprexa, and Seroquel (not all at the same time). I do not have psychosis or mania, yet they all at one point slowed down my cycling without the drowsiness or weight gain that others point out.
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