Posted by JadeKelly on December 3, 2008, at 10:34:50
In reply to Any such thing as weight neutral mood stabilizer?, posted by Racer on November 26, 2008, at 15:25:40
> Trileptal is out. Lamictal is out. (And since Trileptal is out, I'm guessing Tegretol is also out.)
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> Please -- if you have experience of weight neutral mood stabilizers, post 'em here.
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> (And please -- "weight neutral" is the key phrase here. And the two listed above are out for good reasons.)
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> Thanks, in advance, for any and all responses!Hi Racer,
My son has taken Depakote for 15 years, and never gained, or lost that I know of. Of course he was a growing boy, but he was always at his ideal weight. Depakote dose was for epilepsy and has stayed the same except for growth spurts.
He did rapidly gain weight with Risperdal and Abilify. Those were for teenage onset of Bi-polar I. He's now on Seroquel, 300mg daily for that. I can't say for sure if its weight neutral, because he has lost a lot of weight since being off other A/psych meds. If I had to geuss, its pretty close to or is weight neutral, for him.
So many of these drugs effect different people in un expected ways. Depakote IS doubling as a mood stabilizer, so. Hope that helps!
Btw-he takes 1500 mg depakote daily/ plus the 300mg daily of Seroquel. I know they use Seroquel off label but not sure if for mood stabilizer. He's within 15 lbs (over) of his ideal weight He's also not very active.
Good luck, Jade
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