Posted by colin wallace on July 24, 2002, at 12:09:54
In reply to Re: Depakote tantrums... » colin wallace , posted by Ritch on July 23, 2002, at 21:00:07
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>> I have been on lithium monotherapy in the past and it worked reasonably well. I pulled myself out a major depression with lithium once (by itself) at just 600mg/day after a couple of weeks. Just because you "only" take 600mg/day, doesn't mean it would not work-that's baloney!
-----------------------------------------Mitch,
'Baloney' was a similar line of thinking to mine on this issue.It's not that I'm against valproate per se- just that I know full well that it doesn't possess AD properties, which I need in addition to the mood stabilization.Hence my request for lithium.
My guess is that this psych. either just has a plain preference for depakote, or else he thinks he'll entice me back onto AD's when I'm a little more...receptive!!
Another curiosity;I mentioned lamotragine, and the guy was aghast, citing awful and common side effects of psychosis (?), and its being a weapon of ultimate last resort for the most refractory of bipolars.
I just sighed and gave up at this point.
He who writes the script pulls the strings.Col.
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