Posted by Davina on March 19, 2003, at 15:46:54
In reply to Re: New bipolar poster seeking support answers... » Davina, posted by BarbaraCat on March 18, 2003, at 21:19:15
Thank you so much for your response... I can't tell you how much it helps to hear someone can relate to my individual experience with this. I have tried lithium in the past and recall that it was very effective... but, I had severe weight gain and my hair began to fall out in clumps. We aren't 100% sure it was the lithium, but we took me off of it. Two years have passed since then and I am having a "relapse". My new pdoc is adamant about my taking topomax... he has several reasons including the fact that my apetite started to go insane the past few weeks which is a serious condition for me since I had to have gastric bypass surgery to take off all the weight I have gained over the years (especially while on lithium and depakote). I am babying myself onto it, and he also wants me to take remeron and risperdal. I want to get used to the topomax side-effects first, though, before I go into those because we tried to start me on them all at once and I developed tachycardia and hypertension, and was very very loopy. I think the topomax is starting to work a bit... I am still taking my prozac... but this time rather than saying "Oh- I am feeling good now!" and running free, I am very hesitant. I feel a little better, but am still in a very unstable state. Thank you so much for responding to my posting... you'll never know how much it means to me! God bless you and I pray that you get your benefits in their entirety very soon... Davina
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