Posted by beckett2 on May 11, 2020, at 2:04:23
In reply to Re: 'safer' not 'better'?, posted by linkadge on May 8, 2020, at 6:45:28
> I have some qualms with the notion that more mood stabilizer is the best option for bipolar depression. I feel that many psych patients are not treated as aggressively as they were in the past. The goal seems to be to 'stabilize' rather than restore.
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>For a number of years, my psychiatrist encouraged me to consider an AD. (My BPll depression was entrenched and monolithic.)
I refused and hewed to the opinion that, given time, Lamictal would be enough. Well, that did not happen, and so I tried Lexapro, and together with the Lamictal, the lights went on for the first time in maybe 8+ years.
Further contraindicated by some experts, a little Adderall was added. I haven't, knock on wood while there is still some available, been hypo.
like a bird on a wire
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