Posted by Sad Panda on September 25, 2004, at 4:07:23
In reply to Re: Seroquel as a Mood Stabilizer?Clarification, posted by D minor on September 25, 2004, at 3:45:31
> I'm currently taking Remeron 15mg, Wellbutrin 350mg, Abilify 5mg, Seroquel 400mg. I was taking much higher dosages before this new doc. I dropped the Topamax to see if I still had migrains without it. Really, I felt like it dampened my emotions. I still get headaches but they're manageable.
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> However, I feel like my moods are a little out of control. I get like I'm going on speed one minute. Then I get what I call "radio brain" where it feels like someone turned on a radio in my head to a channel of constant background noise. Then I'll get really, really mad. All within a matter of hours up to one day.
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>That's are strange mix of drugs, did the one doctor give them all to you? I would restart Topamax if you liked it.
How well do you tolerate Abilify & does taking more of it stop hallucinations?
Remeron & Wellbutrin can both cause crankiness & irritability, I would be inclined to drop Remeron because at that doseage it is just a powerful antihistamine which Seroquel is too.
> I have another question though. I was surprised that someone could be diagnosed bipolar who had never been manic. Only had a possible mixed episode, possible hypomanic days and psychosis and a familly history of mental illness (including bipolar). Is the diagnosis still accurate in that situation? What type of bipolar would that be?
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>If you have BP, it would be BP2. BP1 is the illness foremely known as manic-depression. BP2 has hypomania or mixed stated but no severe mania.
Cheers,
Paul.
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