Posted by Nickengland on May 18, 2005, at 5:30:57
In reply to Re: Paging Ed UK:Can Zoloft be taken with Wellbutrin? » stresser, posted by HappyGirl on May 18, 2005, at 0:25:43
I agree with what happy girl said. The topamax is not a well established mood stabilier, I think even in epilepsy its a second line drug.
Its worth considering, putting lithium aside, all the other main mood stabiliers are drugs for epilepsy..and how well these drugs perform in epilepsy often reflect how well they treat bipolar.
Carbamazepine is considered one of the best drugs for epilepsy and theres hardly any difference between carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine/Trileptal.
Try not to worry about your daughter having yet another drug, because now she has a very good mood stabiliser on board.
75mg is as smallest dose as you can get. As in you can't make the tablets any smaller. The minium dose from epilepsy is 600mg.
I take 1 drug for my bipolar and I have 300mg of Trileptal - its the best mood stabiliser ive taken, and pretty much controls all my symptoms, and no weightgain.
Have a read of:
http://www.psycheducation.org/depression/meds/moodstabilizers.htm
Its a psychiatrists point of view of mood the different mood stabiliers(you can click the link for each one) that will give you some information of how well they perform
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