Posted by CareBear04 on August 30, 2007, at 13:29:41
In reply to Advice re: additions to drug cocktail for BP?, posted by Alvin on August 24, 2007, at 15:10:57
Hey Alvin,
I've had a lot of success with lithium for BPI, but not rapid cycling. I think you're right that the anticonvulsants are supposed to be better for that. But lithium sort of set a floor below me so my mood couldn't drop far.
You could think about going up on your Geodon and Lamictal. When I took them together, I took 40mg of Geodon twice a day and 200mg of Lamictal. When I first took Lamictal a few years ago, I found it to be more of an antidepressant than a mood stabilizer. A few years ago, I went for a consultation with a mood disorder specialist, and he was against using Xanax in BP because he thought it causes cycling. I was on Xanax 1mg four times a day, and it worked really well. I like Ativan, too, though. I probably wouldn't take Klonopin all the time during the day because my experience was that it built up and caused some low-grade depression.
Good luck!
CB
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