Posted by floatingbridge on July 28, 2011, at 11:54:37
In reply to Re: calling ZYPREXA, posted by B2chica on July 28, 2011, at 11:11:31
Just to second Morgan's idea about lithium, I did well on a dose of 300mg. No sx's. I maybe could have gone to 450mg. It seems more wholesome to me than depakote. Depakote did squat for me personally. I read your post about your friend and lithium. I am very sorry and hope this post isn't going to aggravate any understandable dread may have.
So many are pulling for you here.
(You may have read it, I don't know, but I didn't do too well on the ssri/snri class. Not for want of trying for 12 years :(. )
> thanks MM very good comments you pose.
> most of the ssri's i tried alone or with only one other med first.
> wellbutrin (was the only one that worked alone and worked very well but within -i think-6 months pooped out then added zoloft,etc
> i LOVED wellbutrin, and wish i could go back on it. i was on it first in 2004 i think and tried it again in 2008, tried two generics of it and the real deal. nothing worked, then tried polypharmacy with itnothing.
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> Thank you but i will not try depakote. i know my body and its reactions. old pdoc tried me on several MS as mono and polypharmacy i don't have mood swings (perse) until i get on one. Then they are REALLY obvious.
> Someday if needed i may try lithium but not now, i think i'd go back on zyprexa before lithium.
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> through all the years the only thing that has worked consistently is zyprexa.
> however as of late i was still carrying all my baby weight and was having physical pain due to it so i couldn't gain any more weight (gained 25lbs in little over 2 months on zyprexa this time tipping scale at 180.)i'm now back down to 140. i had to get to atleast 10mg for it to work and that's when i gain weight.
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> but i think for now i'm too worn out to worry about things right now.
> i'm augmenting with zyprexa for two weeks and hopefully my pdoc was right and just temp drop in AD and just augment for few weeks and then i'll be better again.
> or maybe deplin.
> i just cant think past that right now. no sense in me getting so freaked out until i have too. Lord knows i do enough of that.
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> Thanks for you helpful comments MM.
> b2c.
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