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Posted by Rainee on February 5, 2003, at 9:45:14
I take 20mg lexapro and I am going to start keeping a mood chart becasue I have these bouts of irritibilty and I'm not sure if I'm bi-polar 2.
If I need to add a mood stabilzer to the ssri what one do others fins helpful for this?
Thanks
Posted by Ritch on February 5, 2003, at 12:31:13
In reply to opinions on meds for irritability, posted by Rainee on February 5, 2003, at 9:45:14
> I take 20mg lexapro and I am going to start keeping a mood chart becasue I have these bouts of irritibilty and I'm not sure if I'm bi-polar 2.
> If I need to add a mood stabilzer to the ssri what one do others fins helpful for this?
> ThanksI've found lithium or Depakote to work well for temper problems. I've had varying (and lesser success with others). I'm on low-dose Trileptal now, but I am going to have to wait a while to see if it will help for temper or not (since I replaced depakote with it).
Posted by GreatDaneBoy on February 5, 2003, at 15:15:58
In reply to opinions on meds for irritability, posted by Rainee on February 5, 2003, at 9:45:14
> I take 20mg lexapro and I am going to start keeping a mood chart becasue I have these bouts of irritibilty and I'm not sure if I'm bi-polar 2.
> If I need to add a mood stabilzer to the ssri what one do others fins helpful for this?
> ThanksI'm BP II with horrible irritable spells. I've tried dozens of meds (including most of the benzo's, which did not do a single thing for me) and the best by far for me is Seroquel. I take 400mg at bedtime and it helps me sleep (and actually wake up feeling refreshed) and controls my irritability throughout the day. All of my coworkers and friends have noticed how much calmer I am, and how I have amazing patience (which I had NONE of before). The best part is that I haven't had a single side effect from this medicine. Of course, your results will vary, but I definitely think that Seroquel is worth a try.
Best of luck to you!
Dane
Posted by Rainee on February 5, 2003, at 18:04:07
In reply to Re: opinions on meds for irritability, posted by GreatDaneBoy on February 5, 2003, at 15:15:58
I took a little piece of a 100mg tab back in Sept and it knocked me out. Next day I felt awful it scared me.
My therapist wanted me to try it some more.
She swears by it.
any weight gain from it?
Posted by GreatDaneBoy on February 6, 2003, at 7:28:24
In reply to Re: opinions on meds for irritability(seroquel), posted by Rainee on February 5, 2003, at 18:04:07
> I took a little piece of a 100mg tab back in Sept and it knocked me out. Next day I felt awful it scared me.
> My therapist wanted me to try it some more.
> She swears by it.
> any weight gain from it?No, in fact I think that I lost some weight because I went off of Zyprexa.
Best of luck to you!
Dane =)
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