Posted by Mr Cushing on December 3, 2002, at 9:49:54
In reply to Re: Is there ever a normal after BP - fluffy, posted by pork chop on December 3, 2002, at 9:39:47
At least you've only cut back, I've just decided, hell, if I'm going to drink and feel horrible afterwards (I've already tried drinking on Depakote) then why drink at all? Been bone dry for going on 6 weeks now and I honestly don't miss it all that much.For the transition to Lamictal, you should have got your Doctor to prescribe Clonazepam (Klonopin). Same family as Xanax I believe, but it's not as strong and it lasts longer. Whenever I start to feel like I'm really starting to drift off course, I just take half a tablet and I'm fine and can operate normally. But then again, since my insomnia is so bad, I'm also taking a full tablet every night to get my sleep.
I'm having rapid cycling on Depakote just because I decided to come off of Effexor, that's why my Doctor suggested I try Lamictal in the first place. I'm still rapid cycling at the moment. So I just quit Effexor, now I'm back on Celexa, going to get some tests done with my MD tommorrow, and then probably starting up Lamictal sometime early next week.
I'm not sure if I ever noticed the benefits of Depakote... I'm not manic anymore, I think it just decided, well, since we can't go up anymore, let's just go down really fast... I definitely don't feel balanced now and I've been on the drug for 5 weeks.
God, I've been on so many different medications during the last few months... Yesterday I decided to give whatever I won't be using anymore back to my PDoc, you should have seen the bottles that I came out with... Full bottles of Paxil, Effexor, Trazadone, etc. I hope something starts to work soon...
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