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Re: xyrem or depakote for insomnia? Feedback pleas » HappyGirl

Posted by Karen Moore on February 7, 2004, at 14:36:38

In reply to Re: xyrem or depakote for insomnia? Feedback please!, posted by HappyGirl on February 7, 2004, at 0:13:13

> Depakote is mood-stabilizer. Lithium you've been on already is also 'Mood-stabilizer.' I don't think you need *two* m.s. same time.
> H.G.

Actually, for a significant minority of rapid cycling treatment resistant bps, it may take as many as *three* mood-stabilizers. Unlike say the SSRI class, stabilizers are a very diverse class of drugs, most have totally different mechanisms of action. Therefore combining two or three can have synergistic effects. (Whereas combining two SSRI's rarely makes much sense/difference).

In the short term your insomnia may not improve on stabilizers. But in the long term, as your system comes back online, your sleep patterns will hopefully settle back to normal...


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