Posted by Maxime on April 14, 2005, at 1:20:15
In reply to I've Decided, posted by D minor on April 14, 2005, at 0:34:54
Wise decision and good luck. And forget about what your family likes and doesn't like ( I know easier said than done). But I bet if they had to live with your brain, they would understand.
There are other stabilisers out there that might be better than Topomax. But I think giving it a try is the best route to go. Once you prove to your pdoc that you are med compliant then you can try other things.
Keep us posted. :-)
And if your nickname is in reference to music, remember what my piano teacher always told me
"Never B flat, always B sharp" ;-)Maxime
> I've made up my mind. I'm going back to the Topamax. I stopped it because I felt like it made me feel sort of "blah." But I was looking back over my mood charts for the past six months and I found a pattern. Every time I stopped my mood stabilizer I became depressed, or manic, or both. So, duh, logical conclusion: I need a mood stabilizer. My pdoc wouldn't put me back on the Topamax when I asked him because I had been non-compliant. But I just made a contract with myself that I would give it a try for at least one month. I'm going to start tonight. When I see him I'll appoligize for being non-compliant. He wanted me on the Topamax anyway.
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> I stopped the Topamax because my parents said they liked me better with ups and downs than just blah. But I've decided that I like me better not suicidal. I don't like the hypomania enough to continue facing the depression.
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> Just letting y'all know what's up. Wish me luck!
> dm
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