Posted by sarahcat on August 9, 2002, at 15:31:09
In reply to Re: AP's for Non-psychotic Bipolar, posted by cybercafe on August 9, 2002, at 0:43:46
> >It would be great if it helped with the depression, but I haven't seen it have any such effect. It may possibly be helping my anxiety,
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> lithium doesn't help with your depression? ... i was hoping to give it a try myself.... i suppose you can't guarantee anything will work...
>Oops... I was meaning to imply that the Risperdal has no effect on my depression, not the lithium. In my opinion the lithium has done more to help me than anything else I've ever taken. Effexor used to be a big help, but it pooped out on me and I had to take increasing doses of it to get the same effect. Now my doc won't increase it anymore. I wish he would let me increase the lithium. My blood level is in the low end of the therapeutic range, so I believe we would be safe, if not justified, in going higher, but he's worried about side effects (of which I notice none yet). As far as I'm concerned, effective drugs aren't effective if you don't give them at a high enough dose to be therapeutic for an individual person. But I guess that makes too much sense.
Sarah
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