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Re: starting on Serequel

Posted by Lisa P on March 9, 2003, at 18:57:20

In reply to Re: starting on Serequel » Lisa P, posted by KrissyP on March 9, 2003, at 17:22:15

Hi Kristen. I was on 100mg of Lamictal the first time I had a problem and then 150mg the second time. Did the Serequel worsen your distance/night vision at all or do you think that it was the other drugs?

Lisa

> Hi, Lamictal doesn't cause as much weight gain with me as the Zyprexa and Seroquel did. I was on. (I'm still on 100mg of Seroquel) and like I said I'm not as bloated when I wake up which is great. I also am drinking more water which helps everyone A LOT.
> May I ask what your dosage was when you had these 2 manic episodes on it??? Whoa.... I can also relate to the decreased distance vision. My night vision has decreased also since these meds and I'm sure because of age too lol
> All the best, Kristen:-)
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> Kristen,
> I was on 150mg of the Lamictal for a year - I was taking it with Zyprexa but I gained 25lb in 8 weeks so I discontinued the Zyprexa. The Lamictal didn't cause weight gain but it also didn't help me and I had 2 manic episodes on it, so I stopped taking it and switched to Geodon. I thought that the Lamictal made me feel not so depressed, but at the same time my distance vision got blurry from it and has since never cleared up all of the way.
>
> Lisa
> Hi Kristen. I'm on the Serequel because I get manic - I'm bipolar but w/o the depression. I get depressed at times but I'm good at hiding it from people. My shrink doesn't want to tell me what to do as far as when to increase/decrease drugs because I guess he thinks that I can figure it out - he said just to increase the Serequel by 50 and decrease the Geodon by 20 whenever.
> > > So you didn't have weight gain problems until you reached 200mg? 40lb sounds awful. Did the Serequel just make you feel really hungry causing you to eat more, or did the weight gain just appear? My shrink says that of the 30 people that he has on the Serequel, only one person gained more than 10lb, but I think that just sounds too good to be true. I'm not one of those people who gains a few lb - other than Geodon and Lamictal I've always gained at least 25lb on a drug and then I would discontinue it and would have another manic episode.
> > > So how long did that zombie like feeling last? I had that a lot on the Geodon, and it took about 3 months to go away. I'm hoping that if I don't go up too fast on the Serequel that I won't have that happen. Does the Serequel still have that sedated feeling, even after you've taken it for awhile? I guess eveyone tolerates drugs differently, so I probably won't find out a lot of these things until I try taking more of the Serequel. Thanks.
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