Posted by Scott in Vermont on June 22, 2004, at 12:16:34
Yes, the much-awaited 2 week followup occured at 8am this morning. Here's the results:
I'm staying on Lexapro at 20mg
I'm starting lithium as a stabilizer. 900mg for 3 days, then drop to 675 daily after that (225mg morning, 450mg evening)
This is the new plan, and my next appt is July 6th. If this is working, great. If not, depakote is possibly in my future. I don't remember why exactly, but I remember really disliking it.
Ok, now I have to think of something that makes this a "social" thread instead of a "meds" thread so it doesn't get re-directed.
Hmm...
Well, anyone who is reading this already knows how vicious my cycles have been. I have been keeping track (in a desperate attempt to keep some lucidity during this madness) and I'm going through a "complete" cycle (bottom/top/bottom) in about 3 days. In each one of those, I find the "spikes" that make everything interesting are as common as every 30 minutes. Yes, I told all this to my pdoc.
I really just want this to stop. I am hoping that the lithium does the trick. We'll know in a couple of weeks, eh?
I still don't know why the Lexapro stopped being "enough". I was doing great for a while. I want to do great again. I felt like Scott again. Positive and optimistic with a realistically cynical humor about things to keep it all in balance. All I want out of life is to like myself and be happy with the things I have. I don't want to be wildly happy one moment and tragically sad the next. Makes things interesting, for sure, but even that gets old after a while. I'll take a nice, normal, boring day.
Eh, this still looks like a meds thread. If it gets re-directed, that's how things go. I'll still post it here because this is where I spent most of my Babble time and the people who would be most interested in reading it are here.
Here's to hopes for good health! **cheers**
-Scott
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