Posted by Dreamerz on April 2, 2003, at 11:49:25
In reply to Re: Depakote dark deep depression » Dreamerz, posted by Janelle on April 1, 2003, at 23:41:02
> I had the SAME experience you did on 1000mg/day of what I heard on here referred to as "Depadeath". Got off the stuff pronto and came back to life ... for awhile.
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> I can't believe this, but almost a year and much, much suffering later, I am now on a very low dose of Depakote (250mg/night) with a low dose of Lithium + the rest of my cocktail and I (knock on wood) am finding that it is the Depakote added to the Lithium that is doing the job maintaining balance , fighting off irritability, impulsivity, anger, irrationality and also keeping the highs in control.
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> However, on 1000 mg of Dep last year I too was stuck in bed, comatose as my sister called it, and eating and going to the bathroom were both MAJOR efforts.
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> I can only suggest that you try a the lowest dose of Dep + a low dose of Lith, which I have read on the Net and have heard from pdocs can be effective for BiPolar2 (not sure if this is what you have).
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> SAR ... interesting ... my memory is shot yet I was thinking about her the other day ... she has been on my mind and I didn't know why ... G-d bless and keep her.
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Depadeath.....it also makes me angry irritable..grrrrrrr:-) I'm trying something new eventually--Topamax/tripetal/or major increase in neurontin. Lithium scares me a little--so I'm leaving that till the last resort--
Nice to see you again and well Janelle..
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