Posted by Dan_MI on July 8, 2010, at 17:32:21
In reply to Re: Bipolar Spectrum/Dan M, posted by stargazer2 on July 7, 2010, at 23:04:55
I am still on lithium, after 14-15 years. I take 1200 mg/day and my blood level is always 0.7. I was suicidal when I started lithium and haven't been suicidal since.
My natural state is the lowest of the low depression.
200 mg lamictal
20 mg prozac
100 mg trazodoneRelatively symptom-free from the mental illness and side-effect-free from the drugs. Nowadays mood dips that occur usually happen because of something bad I did, not just because.
I do still have a problem being flexible and/or spontaneous, though. I can be capable of significant mood swings at work, but I always survive them.
> Are you still on lithium? How is it working, and for how long? Dose of? Other meds?
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> I'm hoping this is the answer as too much experimenting has already happened in my life already and I'm wearing down from trying any longer. I feel like there has never been a good appraoch to my depression.
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