Posted by Smithfrau on February 15, 2004, at 7:22:30
In reply to Re: Provigil, posted by PsychoSage on February 15, 2004, at 4:02:13
"Mother ship" is an old idiom meaning that I know you go to the main campus of the private University of Penn in Philapelphia. My brother teaches at a satellite campus of the same school in Erie, PA.
Zonegran is a relatively new anti-convulsant being used in treatment of bi-polar disorder in the same way as older ones like Depakote, etc. It is somewhat less sedating, especially as you become acclimatized to it over time. It's also cleaner in many respects: you don't gain weight on it for the most part, for example. BE WARNED: there are some life-threatening side-effects for a very small minority of patients. (See the Zonegran thread here at Psycho-babble.) It has worked well for me, however, but I was put on a psych-ward while I titrated off my old meds and onto Provigil and Zonegran. Nasty, but in my case, at least, necessary, as I often over-react to med-changes. Can't take any anti-depressant: I cycle immediately and become manic.
I meant to wish you good luck with your paper. The pressure of unfinished papers is the bane of academia, without adding in a psych-dx. Good luck with it.
I can't comment on the substance abuse issue except to say that I know it complicates pychiatric illnesses and their diagnoses. Glad you have found a good dual-diagnosis clinician.
Be well.
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