Posted by colin wallace on August 8, 2002, at 3:43:09
In reply to Re: Depakote Dismissal » colin wallace, posted by johnj on August 7, 2002, at 19:11:25
Hey John,
Yeah, I did have a bad feeling about depakote before starting it- that's why I asked for lithium initially.But what do we know?
Halfwit here (me) worked out that the one day of relative calm I experienced was when I was completely free of meds (save 2mg diazepam).Then I took my first depakote in the evening, and quickly slid down the u-bend.
This is now my second day med-free, and I actually grabbed some zzzz's again last night.Today, once again, I feel almost normal.
My psych. has nobly agreed to allow me to trial lithium, but I think what I'll do is wait a few weeks, and see how things pan out.After all, I won't be able to properly gauge lithium's effects, if I don't know how I really feel to begin with!Besides, I really don't have the stomach for another med. disaster straightaway(call me pessimistic).Also, I have some lamictal in the post, so I'll hold that in reserve in case desperate measures are called for.
Thanks for the lithium input anyhow (I really didn't like tranxene BTW...felt like anaesthetic to me!)Keep grinning
Col.
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