Posted by Ritch on April 1, 2005, at 0:30:31
In reply to Re: switch to trileptal from lamictal?, posted by Minnie-Haha on March 31, 2005, at 19:22:46
> > Did the Depakote help you from felling suicidal...
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> My gut feeling would be yes, but I was taking an AD with it at the same time. Trileptal alone (my current MS) keeps me from feeling truly suicidal, but it doesn't really lift my spirits like an AD.
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> > ... and with low end depressions, any AD effects at all?
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> Since I was taking it with an AD, hard to say. My guess would be no. Maybe others could comment on there experiences with Depakote and depression?
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>I'm off all AD's right now, and just taking Depakote(same dose) and clonazepam(same dose) with fishoil. I've been off the slight dose of Celexa I was taking for about three weeks now. I'm feeling more stable and less grouchy, and .. no panic anxiety creeping back in.. however I'm normally on the high side this time of year. The experiment is to see if the depression that usually kicks in by mid-June (thereabouts) will be manageable without an AD, or just not happen (antidepressant induced cycling?). So far so good. I'm skeptical, though. If it does kick in again and I need an AD, I don't want any SSRI's/Cymbalta/Effexor, that's for sure.
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