Posted by cybercafe on September 13, 2002, at 0:52:38
In reply to Re: Medication experiences for hypomania/bi-polar II » audrey, posted by Ritch on September 3, 2002, at 9:19:02
>psychotic symptoms. I am on Depakote now, which doesn't bother my stomach, but it has a tendency to cause more tiredness and weight gain than lithium (but is the most potent antimanic I have tried). Tried Neurontin for a couple of years-seemed to work better for anxiety than hypomania, good as an adjunct for mixed-state agitation and social anxiety associated with bipolar depression. I have tried some others.. Tegretol, Trileptal, Topamax, Gabitril, but due to side effects didn't have much experience with them to comment on their efficacy.
Wow mitch you have sure tried a lot
i can confirm that yeah.... valporate is good for getting rid of highs and lows ... leaving a type I perhaps euthymic but a type II somewhat dysthymic (mildly depressed) ........
... but hell you have to take blood tests, what a hassle :)gabapentin i am just finding will take agitated depressions or manias or other "high energy but negative" states and turn them into high energy positive states! ... gets rid of the agitation or anxiety and leaves you feeling more high ....... though at first the sedation might counteract that .....
i am taking about 1200 mg gabapentin a day, but i would like to go back up to 2700 mg at least ....btw crepsular would be right in my case about antipsychotics ...
i like the fact that gabapentin seems to cover up EPS ....it's strange how i consider myself "depressed" but a little gabapentin gets rid of the negativity and i find myself in a -high- energy positive state ... i suppose it's best for agitated manics...
i also find that even though i am depressed rather than suffering from thought deficit.... my mind still races ...
so it's kind of paradoxical how i need something to increase stimulation in my pleasure centers but decrease stimulation in my thought centers ....
perhaps aripiprazole will be the answer
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