Posted by Peter on March 19, 2002, at 23:22:27
In reply to What does AED stand for? (nm), posted by Janelle on March 19, 2002, at 22:51:24
Thanks for your feedback everyone. I'm not so terrified about starting Lithium now. I'm actually looking forward to it. What I'm not looking forward to is the difficult time of tapering what I'm on now-Neurontin, Adderall, and Klonopin. It's the klonopin I'm especially concerned with; although I'm taking a relatively small dose (1.25-1.5mg daily), I've been on it for @3 years. I really want to get off of it, because I'm pretty sure that it's been keeping my mood down. I'm sure when I'm once and for all off of it, I'll feel energized and more alive, but I'm not looking forward to the withdrawl that can occur. Anyway, that SAMe option looks very interesting, Ron. I'll bring it up tomorrow at my pdoc session. But first things first-getting off all the current stuff and starting lithium. It will probably be a few months until I'm stabilized on lithium and free of all this other medication-well, I've gotta get through it, even though I'm sure it'll be hard. WISH ME LUCK!! Thanks again to everyone for your input/advice/comfort.
Peter
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