Posted by Dalilah on January 15, 2004, at 11:28:45
In reply to Re: Stuck in Bipolar Hell, posted by amy_oz on January 14, 2004, at 23:18:12
Hi Amy and Scott,
Thanks for the response. It feels good to be heard by someone who understands. As far as depakote goes, been there done that. Honestly it doesn't help me at all, but makes me hungry all the time, gain weight, and completely lifeless/drugged out. It makes me want to kill myself. Lithium is definately the one for me. Believe me, I've tried a lot.I am really happy with my current cocktail and I've been great for over 6 months. I love the Lamictal (300 mg) for taking away most of my depression. So I was very surprised to find myself in this mixed state after such a long? symptom free time. But it's so much less than it was before this combo. And I think the mixed episode is starting to go away (fingers crossed.)
Possibly this whole bad thing was triggered by stress (my sister lost in a schizophrenic fog for the last 2 months.) Who will ever know why these things happen. Generally I think there is no reason except the chemicals doing there thing.
Dalilah
> Hi Dalilah,
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> Your message struck a chord with me cause I'm on a similar medication regime to you, that is lamictal, seroquel and depakote. and I suffer from mixed states (lthough mines more agitation than hypomanic). this cocktail works really well for me and i've been symptom free for a few months now.
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> the one difference is obviously the depokote which SLS recommended. its really good for mixed states and it might a be a good idea for you to swap the lithium for it. The one thing to be careful about though is that you need to halve the dose of lamictal when you take depakote because depakote influences the half life of the lamictal.
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> good luck,
> Amy
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