Posted by SLS on October 23, 2005, at 7:37:16
In reply to Anyone who had rapid cycling and got it to stop?, posted by fuchsia on October 23, 2005, at 5:04:01
Hi Fuscia.
Unfortunately, I can't offer you a personal anecdote to be able to answer your questions. However, rapid cyclicity is often treated more successfully by combining mood stabilizers. Lithium + Lamictal seems to be emerging as the treatment of choice for rapid cycling bipolar I. I don't know how much it has been studied for bipolar II. I would expect the lithium to limit the amplitudes of both phases of the illness. There are several other options.
- Scott-------------------------------------------
> How long did it take for your rapid cycling to stop? If it took a long time was it clear which regime it was that did it?
>
> What was the 'stopping' like? Did the cycles gradually get longer?
>
> I am trying to stop my own rapid cycling at the moment and I think I'm getting there but for me it's fairly slow. As I am very gradually increasing my lamictal (monotherapy) I don't think I'll know what dose is responsible for stopping the cycling if indeed it does stop.
>
> So far I've been going for 12 weeks and I've been getting a marked reduction in the amplitude of the cycles but not much change in the frequency.
>
>
>
>
poster:SLS
thread:570802
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20051017/msgs/570822.html