Posted by SLS on September 9, 2011, at 12:47:10
In reply to Re: Topamax, mood stabilizers? » SLS, posted by floatingbridge on September 9, 2011, at 7:20:04
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> > Start at 25mg and move up slowly to 100-200mg. The slower you increase the dose of Topamax, the less trouble you will have with cognitive side effects. It seems that if triggered by rapid titration, these side effects linger. With slower titration, you might not suffer any cognitive impairments at all.
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> Did you have cognitive impairments at all?None at 200mg.
> I am concerned that so many of these meds being proposed control rage. That is not my biggest concern. Maybe I misunderstand, but it's the dyshporia I want under control.
Don't try to exclude diagnoses and their treatments by the presence or absence of specific symptoms. You don't have to have rage to be BPD or BD. With some illnesses, certain symptoms must be present. Unfortunately, a single illness can have a multitude of symptoms that emerge and occur, often with great interindividual variation.
I hope this is helpful.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
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