Posted by med_empowered on December 31, 2006, at 2:46:25
In reply to Re: ¡ I´m FAT :( ! » laima, posted by Phillipa on December 30, 2006, at 22:50:58
if you're not actually psychotic, you dont need an antipsychotic. Even if you are psychotic, you still may not need an antipsychotic.
So..with that in mind..have you tried other meds? Mood stabilizers, like lithium, depakote, tegretol/trileptal, keppra, and lamictal are all possible options. Trileptal, keppra, and lamictal tend to be pretty neutral in terms of weight (although you could lose what you gained on other meds). Depakote and Lithium tend to product weight gain, which can sometimes be considerable.
If you need help sleeping, taking most of your mood stabilizer at night (for example, 900 out of 1200mgs trileptal) might help. Benzos might help, as may other drugs (vistaril, neurontin,lyrica, trazadone, benadryl, melatonin, herbs, ambien, sonata, rozerem, lunesta, surmontil). Over time, mood stabilizers may make you able to better self-regulate your sleep/wake cycles, so you end up less dependant on sleep meds.
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