Posted by Tag on October 25, 2002, at 10:50:35
Ok, I finally remember my question I was going to ask. Well actually I ended up with more questions. Glad I am not alone in this forgetting thing. I just hope I have the right password down and this isn't all erased.
#1 Has anyone found that Lamictal causes mania? I am thinking, well no wonder it is good for depression... for awhile anyway.
I went up slowly to 100 mg and psychiatrist said my mania broke through the medicine. I seemed to be doing fine on 50 mg in week 2 and 75mg in week 3. Week 4 at 100 mg is where it started messing up again. So doc put me on Gabatril slowly to help with anxiety, sleep and mania. I can only tolerate about 1 mg of that med and didnt even try to go up to 4 mg as suggested. Week 5 and 6 have been very unproductive and depressing so far on 100 mg. Feel sedated into the day.
I am going back to 50mg and 1/2 mg of Gabitril. A little bit of mania is better than none? I don't see doc again for 3 weeks and don't see the point of going on with the original plan of action. Hell I have to live with me, she doesn't. I know I shouldn't be doing this self doctoring but someone has to be in charge of damage control. You know that end stage of mania, I will bite your head off and spit you out if everything does'nt go my way. I read on Goldbergs site to add Topomax if mania occurs. Do they have a pill for patience? Probably not...#2 Also have been filling out a mood chart for the last 6 weeks. Now I can SEE the mixed states. I had "normal???" friends fill them out so I could compare. I am thinking sometimes I am better off not knowing, that was depressing in itself...
Oh yeah, my question, has anyone found mood charting to be helpful? So far I don't see a pattern except for a migraine about every 10 days. How long do you have to do these charts before you can quit doing them? Are kind of hard to fill out. I used a chart from 24x7 psyhciatry.com
I find charting to be a great excuse..oh look I have proof now that I really am sick. Therefore, I'm not going to clean the house today.BTW I have been doing bipolar for 10 years now without much success and now I have mixed states. Wow! I have really grown..ok that was sarcastic. I already feel better with a reduced dose. Of course I am still not doing my housework. ;-)
Thanks for input and yes I really am serious and want to know others experience with meds and charting.
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