Posted by sheilac on July 18, 2011, at 7:00:21
In reply to Re: desolationrower Re: Can someone explain???, posted by desolationrower on July 17, 2011, at 21:06:08
"Traditional" mood stabilizers - Lithium (300mg - 600mg) and Depakote (125mg - 500mg) are ok in small doses, but getting towards "theraputic dose" make me very depressed (not manic though - just suicidal!)
Trileptal & Tegretol gave terrible night sweats (like menopause in overdrive!)
Abilify - ok, made me very hungry and I started gaining weight.
Risperdal (hungry) & Abilify made me swell up as well.
Seroquel was awesome for sleep and some slight depression, but made me a very mean, angry person in the morning. Not worth the anger and blow ups.
Wellbutrin, which is "supposed to be the least likely to make you manic" makes me super manic crazy!
SSRIs eventually make me manic.
I think I do best with a combo of low doses of meds.
I can take up to 3mg of Klonopin a day and do fine, but I have to have something else with it for depression.
Geodon does take away the irritability and depression and keeps my anger in check. But, 20mg of Geodon during the day puts me to sleep.
Maybe 40mg of Geodon at dinner with 1mg of Klonopin. (I feel tired in the morning with even 40mg) 5mg Adderall xr with breakfast and 1mg of Klonopin around lunch to calm me and keep me focused?
On Geodon 60mg or even 80mg I still feel tired in the morning and what's the sense in taking more Adderall to combat the fatigue?
I seem to be able to be effected by small doses and sometimes get the opposite effect from meds. Something about the way my body metabolizes these meds.
I told my doc that Geodon was the best antidepressant I had ever taken (I know it is an anti-psychotic), but he kept saying it is not an antidepressant (I know this, but it works for my depression great).
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