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Re: Medication experiences for hypomania/bi-polar II

Posted by SMB on September 14, 2002, at 13:46:05

In reply to Re: Medication experiences for hypomania/bi-polar II, posted by SLS on September 14, 2002, at 13:08:45

Over an eight year period, I have been on Lithium, Depakote, Tegretol, Klonopin, Verapamil, Lamictal, Neurontin, Trilyptal, Celexa, Desciprimine, Effexor, Parnate, Imipramine, Zoloft, Geodon, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Verapamil, Adderall, and Ativan. None of the mood stabilizers worked and the depressions got worse and worse. After an eight-month depression last year, I switched psychiatrists (for the third time), and he gave me Adderrall (a very surprising choice for a bipolar II) for the depression. I was better within a day.

Since then, we revisited Tegretol (which didn't affect the hypomanias and caused severe headaches), Triliptal (the same), and now Depokote (which years ago at 1500 mg. made my hair fall out) but at 750 mg. in a DR version, seems to work quite well.

I've experienced cognitive memory loss, hand tremors, vomiting, sexual dysfunction, severe rashes, constitpation, sleeping problems, head sweats, weight gain, and a shortness of breath that was so bad I had to go to the emergency hospital to get oxygen.

I am now on Depakote DR (750 mg), Adderrall (60 mg.), Wellbutrin (150 mg.) and Ativan (2mg. at night to sleep). I just want everyone to know that sometimes it's just the dosage that causes the problem or the combination of one drug with another, or the timing of when you take something. I never thought I'd try Depakote again but I've learned to never say never.

After surviving 70 depressions (at least 2 a year for 35 years; the illness wasn't diagnosed for 25 years), I'm still here. But it's really not easy, is it?


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