Posted by polarbear206 on January 27, 2004, at 17:35:57
In reply to Re: I'm probably going against my pdoc's advice..., posted by holymama on January 27, 2004, at 15:10:10
> Hi! Thanks for all of the ideas. I've been on the antidepressant since June and the mood stabilizer for only the last 3 months. I'm still at pretty low doses of both so I have room to increase. I don't get the feeling that it is not working anymore, since it works great for most of the month. But I wonder if I need an increase in either -- sometimes as I've increased the dosage of my mood stabilizer I've felt more 'rooted' -- stronger, like I'm not going to slip either way. I also wonder if there is a better mood stabilizer for me, since trileptal is the first one I've tried. But lithium is off the list of possibilities, since it can destroy the thyroid, and I already have a thyroid problem. Bummer. I wonder if another mood stabilizer that works better for depression might work better. Trileptal is better for mania than depression.
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> The problem is that my doc is very calm and cautious about changing meds around. I've always liked that about him. He's patient and not apt to switch things all around on me. But I wonder if he would tell me to just put up with the short depressions (he did tell me that when they lasted 3 days a month, but a awhole week a month is different) and try this med longer.
How much lex and trileptil are you on?? When I have a mixed state, I feel wired and tired at the same time. Soft cycling can show up as changes in energy levels.
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