Posted by cole on April 4, 2001, at 20:49:01
In reply to New mood-stabilizers ?, posted by SLS on April 4, 2001, at 12:06:21
I wanted to thank you for your response re: serzone and my boyfriend, I read him all the responses and he liked your explanation the most. He seems to be doing pretty well on
the stuff now & has adjusted to the urge to express himself.
I have a question regarding my own med happenings, and it relates to the mood stabilizer business. In an earlier post I was wondering why I've kept crashing on remeron every few months and requiring an increase in my dosing to restabilize. I've gone from 45 in october to 60 in january, and needed to take it up to 75 a little over a week ago. My pdoc mentioned that my depression is "cyclic" in my last visit when I was asking about the problem. Loosmrbls responded to the earlier post suggesting that I was actually bipolar II and needed a mood stabilizer. I've never experienced true mania, unless you consider the agitation/aggression I experienced from zoloft. My depression is very strong though, and I suffer from significant anxiety (I do drive like a bat out of hell when anxious)with the depression. Should I look into a mood stabilizer? What would work with remeron, ritalin (as needed to study), and small amts of trazodone? Provigil and wellbutrin made me feel completely disconnected, if that lends any clues. I do have a box of adrafinil that I haven't tried either, but that's more of a stimulant. Any ideas would be much appreciated, I want some good ideas before I talk to my doctor.
:) cole
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