Posted by CareBear04 on July 30, 2005, at 7:31:15
Hi Everyone,
I think I'm at the end of the line with mood stabilizers. Lithium has worked best for me, but I get toxic a lot. I've also been on Neurontin, Lamictal, Trileptal, and Depakote, plus all the atypical antipsychotics, plus Haldol and Trilafon. I'm currently on Topamax and Abilify. I'd been on Abilify before, but only for about two weeks. Do you think Topamax is a strong enough mood stabilizer to contend with some pretty strong manic depression and bad sleep problems? I have the type of Bipolar that repsonds best to lithium-- not rapid cycling but long and pretty bad cycles. I had my first episode as a teenager and am now 23.
Also, I've for some reason gained a ridiculous amount of weight recently-- like 10 pounds in a month. DO you think TOpomax plus Adderall/Dexedrine, which I'm also on (and was off during that time) will help take it off? I'm moved pretty quickly up to 200mg of Topamax. I've also been taken off my PRozac, which I thought was helpig me. Thanks everyone. CB
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