Posted by Lyrical13 on July 21, 2004, at 7:06:09
In reply to Re: non-sedating med for BP2? » Lyrical13, posted by SLS on July 20, 2004, at 23:03:05
My doc didn't want to take any chance with the Lamictal rash because of the possibility of Steven Johnson's syndrome. The rash I got looked just like the SJ rash and it got worse the longer I was on the med.
I'll definitely talk to my doc about Trileptal. It sounds like a good bet. The problem with Effexor is that it made me really manic. After being on it in combo with Seroquel the mania-inducing properties seemed to be even worse. And I got SO incredibly irritable. Abilify sounds like it might be a good option to try too.
For me, Seroquel got more and more sedating. I almost fell down my stairs when going to the bathrooom in the middle of hte night. I was literally holding onto the walls to keep from falling down while walking. And there were a lot of neurological side effects...short term memory, word finding problems etc. And at the higher dose I started gettting a rash. Where Seroquel worked beautifully for me was at about 50 mg to augment the Effexor when I was severely depressed. It turned the depression around quickly.
Thanks again for your thoughts.
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