Posted by storm on November 27, 2001, at 0:58:58
In reply to Re: good mood stabilizer? Pamela Lynn » storm, posted by Pamela Lynn on November 27, 2001, at 0:22:18
I soooo know what you mean about having blood drawn. I've been on lithium about two years; & I hate needles :( I'm so glad to be off of it.
> Oh, and Storm...one more thing that I really liked......with the Topomax the blood work was far and few inbetween, not like with the Lithium. (Was origninally on the Lithium (lithobid) at age 19...I am now 30) I HATE to have blood drawn.
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> P.L.
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> > I really didn't know where to start. thanks so much, I'll look into both :)
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> > > Hi Storm!
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> > > Have you looked into Topomax for the mood disorder? Just a thought...I was on it before and it worked out for me.
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> > > As for an anti-psychotic med...I am a TRUE BLUE believer and user of Zyprexa. I take 2.5mg doses throughout the day-3 times a day to be exact-and this med. has really helped me out.
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> > > Take care.
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> > > P.L.
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> > > > I suppose an antipsychotic would work too. for racing thoughts, obsessing, etc. I looked at depakote and tegretol. tegretol will probably react with what I'm on from what I've read; but both have Soooo many side effects. I really don't want either of those. is there something more safe than those? sorry this is so long :)
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> > > > > I've been on lithium, it helped alright but I've started gaining weight from it. (either that or neurontin has caused weight gain, but I'm assuming the lithium). it seems like when I gained the weight I was eating more, and wouldn't neurontin just cause water retention mostly? been on neurontin about a year; I've been on lithium about two years and it just started getting bad, but when I went off prozac it happened. and my theory is that the prozac counteracted the lithium making my appetite bigger. so my weight was mostly stable until recently. I wish I knew, but it's just a guess.
> > > > > I'm currently still on neurontin and serzone. neurontin helps more than anything I've tried, more than all the antidepressants that didn't work, etc. but the only mood stabilizer I've been on is lithium. & I recently took geodon and had to quit because of side effects.
> > > > > so my problem is, I need something else, another mood stabilzer to replace the lithium. any suggestions? thanks :)
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