Posted by SLS on May 15, 2012, at 14:22:27
In reply to Wellbutrin yuk - old meds..., posted by sheilac on May 15, 2012, at 11:45:52
> My doc wants me to take 300mg of Trileptal a day (which keeps me anger free, but depressed, very depressed).
Some people find anticonvulsant "mood stabilizers" depressing. This seems to be a particular problem with Depakote. I guess it can happen with Trileptal, too.
It may be that Trileptal is not making you depressed so much as it is bringing you down from a manic state. Depression usually follows mania, and the initial drop can be quite precipitous. It is possible that with time, the depression will lift, despite continuing with Trileptal treatment. That would be ideal. However, if depression continues to be a problem, there are several alternatives, including revisiting Wellbutrin, now that you have a mood stabilizer on board. Other choices would include Lamictal and Abilfy. Since I began taking Abilify, I have not experienced a manic reaction to antidepressants. For me, Abilify has antidepressant properties.
I like the idea of taking 150 - 300 mg of lithium on a regular basis for its antidepressant, neuroprotective, and neurotrophic (nerve growth) properties. I plan on continuing with lithium 300 mg indefinitely. Lithium might have some protective properties to prevent Alzheimers Dementia, a disease known to occur more often in people with chronic or recurrent depression. At such a low dosage, though, lithium will not usually act to treat mania.
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I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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