Posted by Christ_empowered on March 17, 2018, at 15:21:05
I'm prescribed 20/Abilify and 200/Lamictal to take daily. The new shrink is reducing the Trileptal with the goal of stopping it, completely. I was on 1200/Trileptal for a long time, now its 900/Trileptal.
OK. Doing well. The official diagnosis is apparently "Bipolar I" of some sort. The 'experts' think some of my problems that look like ongoing psychosis are 'really' OCD-spectrum. Kinda makes sense, but...what to do about it? SSRI, SSNRI drugs are currently not an option w/ this shrink. TCA drugs, as one might imagine, are also out.
so...what to do? the "OCD" or whatever isn't constant. Sometimes, my mind loops and it makes me crazy. The Abilify @ 20 is kind of my current "sweet spot;" sufficient tranquilizer, not too much tranquilizer, no EPS, TD, akathisia, etc.
I was getting as-needed gabapentin, but current shrink frowns on that, too. I saw on the news that gabapentin is being scrutinized more, especially when there's ongoing drug abuse or a history of drug abuse in the picture. Guess who popped Mother's Little Helpers like tic tacs in his late teens? ugh.
ok. so, lamictal seems good, but I'm afraid it might end up killing me. I saw on some gov't website that it occasionally kils people by doing something nefarious to the liver.
I do think lamictal is better for me than trileptal. trileptal simmers me down, but it really seems more like a glorified sedative than an actual mood stabilizer. hard to explain, I guess.
i thought maybe I'd throw shrink a curve ball and ask for amoxapine, instead of abilify. one of my (many, many) former shrinks wanted me to take amoxapine -with- abilify, but I gave that 2 thumbs down, because it scared me, on a number of levels.
ok. any suggestions? keep in mind; I'm loaded up on supplements, Orthomolecular-style. I've even ramped up the B3 to 10 grams daily, which...actually...seems to help. I need to add fish oil, alpha lipoic acid, and coenzyme q10. If adding those (they're common in more modern Orthomolecular protocols) doesn't help, then I'll think about asking shrink for more chemical assistance.
ok. any ideas? thanks for reading. :-)
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