Posted by bridgey1128 on December 17, 2004, at 14:58:26
In reply to Re: Bipolar meds » bridgey1128, posted by rainy on December 17, 2004, at 14:21:35
Rainy ask for 25mg tablets. There is no sense in you having to split a pill into quarters. I would have asked for 100mg tablets of Topomax if I had known they were going to be stupid and give me 200mg tablets. My Dr KNEW I was taking 100mg at night and 100 in the morning and yet he still thought, oh GEE I'll give her 200mg tablets because she takes 200mg. DUR! I really don't think they works as well as the 25mg anyway. The reason I was taking so many 25mg tablets is because I was taking 150mg and they wrote two separate prescriptions, one for 100mg and one for 50mg and I was NOT about to pay $70 a month for the same med! That was ridiculous! So I said, Uh can you change this to all 25mg tablets so I can pay just one copay? So they did. That worked out much nicer and I feel that they worked better anyway. Ever since I have been on the 200mg tablets I have felt aggitated and sleepy. I have also had more breakthroughs of hypomania. Not bad, mind you, but it's the foot in mouth syndrome. Not the 200mg dosage, just the 200mg PILLS. I was ok on the 200mg dosage because I had enough 25mg pills to start on that dosage. When I ran out and had to start a new prescription they gave me the 200mg and that was just odd because of my dosing schedule. I am going to call the pharmacy and see if they can switch them back. I know it's not supposed to make a difference but I think it really does. I can tell, at least. Anyway, so that is my dilhema. And whomever is on Welbutrin and is bipolar, I couldn't take that. It made me crazy. Dried my mouth out like CRAZY!! Then it started making me really irritable. Prozac made me bonkers too. My brother tried to take Welbutrin to help him quit smoking and it made him crazy too. He's ADHD. I dont know if that was the reason or not. Anyway, off to try and get my prescription fixed! Wish me luck!
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