Posted by Wildman on October 19, 2004, at 13:15:34
In reply to Re: Lexapro/Seroquel: After 9 months, posted by HappyGirl on October 19, 2004, at 0:31:55
HappyGirl,
Thanks for responding. I decided to bump my Lexapro to 15mg/day from 10mg and this is now day #2. I am finding that, so far, this seems to be a move in the right direction (very mild hypomania with an energy that lasts all day).
I know it will take a week or so to really get the full impact of this change but it's been positive so far.
I did have to double up my nightly Seroquel last night to 50mg, but I've had to do that before when I've had a very busy day combined with random mild hypomania.
Not sure if my pdoc would be up for adding Wellbutrin, he may be more inclined to support keeping the Lex at 15 and using 25-50mg Seroquel as needed.
I appreciate your insight into the seasonal components of my situation. While I have been battling this stuff for the last 20 years, I've only seen a pdoc and been on meds for the last 9-10 months now, so I haven't had a chance to see what a full year cycle is like. I was starting to really dread the cooler temps, cloudiness and short days, but I can almost now see myself getting through this winter with a minimum of issues.
If I have the right tools (and I think Lex/Seroquel have been great for me so far) then I can handle tweaking the dosages depending on the seasons. The alternative is not pretty - slogging my way though winter, cabin fever, short temper and grumpiness, lethargy, anhedonia, the list goes on.
I'm not scheduled to see my pdoc for about another month and am debating about whether to inform him of my little experiment right now. I'm sure he'll want me to come in right away to discuss it, but it's too expensive to see him for something like this, and think I may wait for our regular time.
Wildman
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