Posted by Cindylou on September 4, 2002, at 13:52:48
In reply to Medication experiences for hypomania/bi-polar II, posted by audrey on September 2, 2002, at 21:48:31
Hi Audrey,
I've recently been diagnosed as BPII, and I'm having a hard time tolerating meds. Tried Lamictal -- could only get up to 75 mg. due to side effects, and it really didn't help me. (I probably needed more.)I'm now trying Geodon. I can only tolerate 20 mg. I'm not sure if it's helping or not! I seem to go up and down -- definitely not stabilizing yet (It's been about 3 weeks since I started.) At first it made me agitated at the end of the day, now I feel quite groggy. I'm sneaking some of my husband's Adderal to help with the foggy head. I know -- not smart to medicate myself. My pdoc is too hard to get ahold of. I'll see him Saturday and explain all this.
More info than you needed! Sorry for the rambling. I guess I just need someone to "listen" to me!
Hope you find a good med for you.
cindy
> Hi,
>
> I've recently been diagnosed with bi-polar II, and am in the middle of a hypomanic episode. I'll spare you the gory details...
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> Anyway, I was wondering if anyone would please share with me their experiences taking mood-stabilizers. The only meds I know about are lithium and depakote. I would like to hear the pros and cons people have endured taking those meds as well as any information about other meds that are used to treat hypomania.
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> Any input would be incredibly appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Audrey
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