Posted by karaS on October 1, 2004, at 11:52:31
I saw my doctor yesterday and he suggested the possibility that I may be "soft bipolar". He made this suggestion because I have different sleep problems (cycles?). Sometimes I can sleep forever and then other times I find it hard to sleep at all. The latter may just be stress and/or RLS related but he's not sure and neither am I.
Anyway, he gave me Cymbalta samples to start on because I had told him I wanted to try it and it's a good match for me in other ways. Then he said that if I have a partial or no response that I should consider adding either lithium, Lamictal or Abilify.
Those of you out there who are taking Lamictal or Abilify, do you have the "soft bipolar" diagnosis? I know from this board that a lot of people are on, or at least have tried, one of these medications. I'm wondering if you've had much success with either of them.
Those of you who do not fit into any of the standard bipolar categories who have tried lithium, has this helped you? Did you gain weight?
Thanks,
Kara
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