Posted by SLS on December 10, 2003, at 9:00:22
In reply to Re: The Joys of Being Bipolar » SLS, posted by Ron Hill on December 9, 2003, at 13:55:27
Hi Ron.
Thanks for the info on l-theonine. Great bibliography.
To start Lamictal at a dosage of 200mg is silly. It violates the instructions printed on the package insert by the manufacturer. Almost anyone would react badly to that. There are plenty of examples of people titrating Lamictal too rapidly for whom discontinuation followed by reintroduction using the prescribed dosing schedule was successful. I would DEFINITELY consider adding it back to your regimen.
I haven't been able to come up with the citation I referred to in my previous post. It was very specific in its descripton of Lamictal increasing the time between depressive episodes and lithium extending the period between manic episodes. When used together, the time to relapse into any episode was extended significantly. Because of the nature of the statistics used to interpret such investigations, I imagine that the data pooled included people for whom there was no change in the course of their illness as well as people for whom an indefinite remission was achieved.
> For me, Depakote... seemed to make my depression worse.
Me too. What dosage did you work up to?
> I’ve considered Zyprexa from time to time, but all AP’s scare me (e.g.; TD, etc).
They don't scare me as much as they used to. Perhaps I've been brainwashed. :-)
- Scott
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