Posted by susan C on June 22, 2001, at 17:57:47
In reply to What's worked 4 folks 4 BP II or other maladies?, posted by Kingfish on June 21, 2001, at 10:32:20
> Hello,
I am on depakote, from my understanding, a long time mood stabilizer/anti seizure med. If it means anything, Dr. Dunner at University of Washington (state)and expert on BPII confirmed my pdoc's dx. They both explained the challenge is not to deal with the lows, but to control the highs. So, once the highs are not so high, the lows are not so low. They both agree (and many pdocs donot-sigh) that AD and SSRI agravate BPII manic and should be avoided. This was my experience. After flying high on prozac (and trazadone to put me to sleep) for 6 years I crashed worse than when I first started treatment. WHen I changed pdoc and diagnosis from depression to BPII, I came down off of serzone, it was terrible. I was so depressed. Med trials took me to depakote, which is the best so far. At this point I am feeling more even.
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