Posted by Dinah on July 30, 2002, at 19:57:37
In reply to Re: Questions about DX...please help...Dinah, posted by Roo on July 30, 2002, at 15:32:47
Hi Roo,
Well, I tend to forget what happens when I'm hypomanic except for generalities. Hypomanic does NOT have to feel good. That agitated itchy crawly jump out of your skin feeling can be hypomania too. I also consistently get some physical symptoms that are my first alert to watch my mood. The wind hurts my arms, I can smell everything, I get hypersexual, insomnia, things like that. It's happening now and I've got a call into my pdoc to ask him if it's okay to try increasing my depakote for a while.I am sometimes very productive while hypomanic. Sometimes (like now) I am extremely unproductive because I have the attention span of a flea and I am distracted. I'm in big trouble at work.
Depakote hasn't had many if any side effects on me, but you must remember I am on a micro dose of 125 mg. I didn't gain any weight on it but that could be because I had already gained 50 lbs on Luvox and weighed 195 lbs when I started Depakote. I have held steady at that weight.
Hope that helps. :)
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