Posted by Krazy Kat on February 6, 2002, at 12:04:40
In reply to Any bi polars on a maintenance dose of Depakote?, posted by ST on February 6, 2002, at 2:56:04
My God, I am in the exact same situation as you are, except I am choosing to keep my Dep. level at 500 mg - my pdoc wants it at 1000.
Everything you said about Dep. has been true for me at 1000 - a "flatness" which my pdoc does not understand. (?) This last time, an extreme depression in which I had very bad suicidal tendencies.
I'm diagnosed with severe depression and hypomania, too, though sometimes I also have psychotic symptoms.
My pdoc feels that Depakote is only for acute mania, and it works fabulously for me, very quickly, when I get either hypomanic or severly agitated and depressed.
So why can't it also work at a therapeutic dose? I don't know how else to tell him that I feel better at 500 mg Dep., and, currently, 60 mg Prozac.
I am going to tell him someone else is being treated this way!! :)
Anyhoo, it's only been about a week and half for me, but it's working well thus far. I know there are others on a "lower" dose here as well. I did feel a little hypomanic yesterday, but nothing I could not handle. Today I'm actually a little tired.
Good luck!
- KK
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