Posted by katia on July 27, 2003, at 16:15:54
In reply to Re: Depakote, posted by fluffy on July 27, 2003, at 11:31:06
Hi Katy,
Thanks for your words of encourgement!
Yes, we do have a similar med history. So it took awhile for you to figure out you're bipolar too? The ssri's just flatten me out and deaden me, the SNRIs like Effexor and SErzone made me mixed and moody. high and low together and then high and low and the cycle continued! My moods felt even far more volatile than when on nothing, except when I'm in a major depression (which normally has mixed undertones).
I've been on nothing for about two weeks now and I've lost that slightly manic feeling (from Serzone) and now I'm feeling just mildly to mod low, some irritation. So I'm hoping that the mood stab. do the trick for me. I've got so much potential! I'm sick of wasting it and not being able to channel it!
Was Tegretol the first mood stab. (besides the neurontin) that you were on specifically for your BP? It sounds like it took away the up side and left you mildly low. That's what I'm afraid of. But what did it for you after that then? What are you on now? and is it working? Sorry if you've already described this in an earlier thread, it's just so hard to follow them all.
thanks!
Katia
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