Posted by rina on July 1, 2007, at 1:24:10
In reply to Any other options?, posted by med_empowered on June 26, 2007, at 18:06:08
Hi All,
It's been awhile since I've been online and let me explain why. Depakote and Risperdal have changed my life in ways that I can't even begin to describe online. My diagnosis is bipolar 2 depression, so my pdoc thought it neccessary to try the risperdal first. We later found this wasn't a good option because immediately, I begin to hear voices and that has never been an issue to me or anything i've ever experienced. Paranoia became a constant friend and sleep was the enemy. Then we switched to the Depakote. Started at 250mg,slowly titrating to 750 was a nitmare. I cried both day and night for weeks, vomit daily, lost a total of 35lbs since april. My meals daily consist of drinking ensure drinks and maybe lettuce and a little water if I don't have too much diarrhea at the moment. I've become this totally withdrawn person confined to my home that goes outside only when necessary. Finally my pdoc lowered the dosage to 250mg the other day and I feel a bit better but I feel like I should be off of this medicine totally. It's just that I've been on so many that haven't worked and I'm afraid of getting worse. Sometimes I feel like my pdoc is just taking my $175
poster:rina
thread:765925
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