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Which meds for mania and depression ?

Posted by AWorriedMom on June 9, 2003, at 14:04:04

I am interested in what others have said about the manic side of BP. My 16 yr. old daughter has experience both the 'high'manias and the more irritable mania. Her manias were more often rage, anger, irritability and racing thoughts sometimes along with risky and dangerous behaviors.

In fact, it has been hard to tell the difference between normal, healthy energy and beginning of mania. Often she is depressed, and then I think that thankfully she is getting better and functioning better, then the manic symptoms start.

She is seeing new pdoc. First change was to gradually stop the zyprexa and replace with seroquel. Also to add 10mg lexapro due to the immediate problem of her depression. Next the doc will look at mood stabilizer change or adjustment. She presently takes 1200 mg lithobid (blood level of .5) and 2000 mg depakote (level was 30)

Obviously to me this mood stabilizer regimine doesn't seem to be working. It is like she is on some sort of ledge and that at any moment she could go either way to mania or depression.

Are there some intelligent questions I can pose to pdoc at Thursday's appt? BTW, one of her worst manic periods happened when she was on topomax.


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