Posted by HappyGirl on October 7, 2004, at 0:15:19
In reply to Re: rapid cycling, posted by jdawg on October 6, 2004, at 21:34:11
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>>> Should I go up on the Lamictal dose (I'm currently on 200 mg/day)? Should I increase my anti-depressant dose (Effexor XR 150 mg/ day & Wellbutrin XL 300 mg/d)? or do something else? <<<--- It's NEVER easy to answer to the question above, because a depressive side of your Bp sounds like more 'severe' form.
In my case, at the time of dxed with Bp, it seemed NOT 'severe' form, however strangely it got worse as the time went by, even on the Depakote which was one of the best meds. for Bp back six years ago. Then, it's very hard to say whether you should increase A.D., because if you do, the manic side of your Bp may progress.
In Bp, whether Bp I or Bp II, it's said to be one of 'serious form' of M.I. For this reason, most of Bpers need to spend months, even years to find the right med. combo. Furthermore, in my case, after dxed with Bp, most of my productive activities were shut-down. Then, I truly understand your frustration along with sadness attached with this illness, ... but as time went by, I got my life back again thanks to the right med. combo. rxed by the right pdoc. However, I would say this trughfully, it's not 100% but about 85% of my normalcy. Then, in my personal view on this, it takes time to get better. Because, first, it's VERY hard to find the right med. combo. Second, even you're on right route, it takes quite awhile med. combo. to start working on your system because you need to deal with side-effect or adverse effects from taking those 'potent' psycho.-meds.I wonder whether you're able to take 'leave' from the work in order to give more attention to your Bp, due to the nature of this illness.
H.G.
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