Posted by Cindylou on April 25, 2002, at 4:02:33
In reply to Re: Lasted only one day on Nortrip :-( » Cindylou, posted by Ritch on April 24, 2002, at 23:04:12
Thanks, Mitch ...
Yes, I was recently re-diagnosed as BPII because of this huge agitation factor. (I just started another thread asking if agitation can be considered a sign of "mania" since I really haven't had other signs of the traditional mania I've heard of.)My pdoc and I thought about trying Nortrip. since I can't tolerate SSRIs or SNRIs, and I was hoping to try to get pregnant (that's why we didn't try another mood stabilizer.)
But with a day like yesterday, I have no business being off meds with a toddler at home.
Thanks for the info. on Depakote -- it helps me understand why my doc would prescribe it.
I hope it doesn't make me too much of a zombie -- I tried Lithium once and it knocked me out.
Thanks again,
cindy
> > Well, everyone, thanks for your help.
> >
> > But I became so incredibly agitated as the morning wore on that I could barely function. I had not one ounce of patience or tolerance with my 2-year-old. I tried 1/2 a Klonapin tablet (I usually only need a 1/4), and it didn't TOUCH the agitation, so I took another half, and then I was a zombie. Once the Klonapin wore off, I was agitated again.
> >
> > Crazy -- the same reaction happened to me when I tried several years ago -- for some reason I thought this time would be different.
> >
> > My pdoc said to just stop it and not try to keep it up. Now she's thinking Depakote??? Anyone tried that route before?
> >
> > (P.S. I was on Lamictal 75 mg for several months, but stopped because I couldn't increase it due to side effects, and I wasn't able to augment it with anything -- side effects from other meds in combo with Lamictal were unbearable.)
> >
> > Okay. That's it for now!
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > cindy
>
> Cindy, obviously your dx is BP? Depakote is probably the best thing besides an antipsychotic for grouchiness/agitation/dysphoria/rage, etc. Lithium works fairly okeedokee for that, too. Maybe if you can get on a low-dose of Depakote and feel better you might be able to *retry* the nortrip. to help out depression, etc.
>
> Mitch
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