Posted by Ritch on January 27, 2005, at 1:20:45
In reply to Re: Trileptal and Zoloft for Bipolar II, posted by stresser on January 26, 2005, at 14:16:58
> Thanks for the infomation. I am hoping this works for her, because she really needs the mood stablizer. Have you take an MMPI before? She took one, and deffinatly came out bipolar. The doctor said she has a lot of deep anger and is a very unsettled girl. We are crossing our fingers with this medication, and I hope it starts to work farily soon. Do you know how quickly it will start working?-L
MMPI? Oh yes, about twenty-five years ago.. definitely bipolar. I remember the question about whether I wanted to be a race-car driver. YES. I was *already* doing some serious road racing at that time. Deep anger, very unsettled.. sounds pretty familiar. Trileptal wasn't as "quick" as Depakote or antipsychotics (Thorazine or Mellaril) to bring down my energy level (generally). But Trileptal was superior in the actual impulse control effectiveness relating to the anger issues. Depakote is like shutting down the energy valve (for me) that fuels the anger, whereas Trileptal seemed to be better at foiling the hair triggers on the mouse traps when you throw the ping pong balls in. Different dynamics. Everybody's different. I hope your daughter responds well to the Trileptal. All I can say is watch out for the antidepressants. Zoloft was fairly activating for me, no major temper spells that I can recall attributable to it.
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