Posted by Janice on January 30, 2000, at 22:04:00
In reply to mood stabilizers, posted by lynn on January 30, 2000, at 19:37:31
Hello lynn,
Sorry to hear you're feeling so bad. I'm also on lithium (I have tried 2 other mood stablizers, but I cannot remember their names).
> 1) what are the side effects of the mood stabilizers that some of you have tried?
Nausea, which doesn't affect me if I take lithium with gingerroot
Acne, which I take an antibiotic for
> 2) are they numbing, or do they just quiet the pain?
No numbing. They help to quiet the pain.
> 3) has anyone who has found an ssri apathy-inducing tried a mood stabilizer?The SSRIs did nothing for me other than throw me into a manic phase, which was great for a few days.
> 4) Can Wellbutrin be mixed with a mood stabilizer?
I would imagine; check with a medical person.
> 5) Everything sedates me -- I feel my best when I have Klonopin, Prozac, and a heavy hit of caffeine in my system. Are all of the mood stabilizers sedating?
I don't find lithium at all sedating.
> 6) I can not tolerate blurred vision, even for a short time.
I never experienced blurred vision lithium.
>
> Thank you so much for your help.I am also an intensely passionate person, lynn. Lithium only seems to get rid of what I don't want to experience. Plus, the lows of depression do not dip anywhere as low as they used to. The bottom of my life doesn't fall out anymore.
I have heard good things about Neurotin (excuse spelling) too.
peace, Janice
Hey Noa, Aren't you suppose to be cleaning!
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