Posted by cycling on August 4, 2010, at 1:43:16
In reply to Re: Cycling, How are things?, posted by morgan miller on August 3, 2010, at 0:16:15
> Maybe in a month, if you start feeling much better, you can lower your Lithium dose to 600 mg and start weaning off the seroquel. You are already getting off Lamictal, so eventually and ideally you could just be on Lexapro and lithium.
What he wants to do is wean me off the Lithium and keep me on Seroquel and lexapro. But, we just found out my insurance doesn't accept seroquel and seroquel is reallll expensive. Right now he gave me about 1-2 months supply of seroquel at 300mg daily at night.
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> Why the Seroquel again? I'm sure your pdoc is trying to treat what he believes is a form of mania(and he may very well be right). So the Seroquel doesn't sedate you? Or does it? And you are NOT taking it for sleep, is that correct?Correct. I'm given seroquel to hopefully calm down the racing thought. He believes I have mania, and honestly, I believe I have it too. Initially, my symptoms were: pressured speech, racing thoughts, irritability, impulsiveness, extreme intensity, and high confidence. I wanted to deny I had mania but after taking a step back, I think I agree with him on the diagnosis.
So the deal now is, there's no way he can provide me samples of seroquel for the next how long this is going to take, and currently my thoughts are still racing. If the Lexapro does not calm down the thoughts and I can't use seroquel (150mg hasn't helped thaat much), what do I use? What are some common treatment combinations for the long term treatment of mania?
I'm hoping I can get over this episode and not have to be on my meds for the rest of my life. I'd also like to have people's thoughts on this as well. Do people with diagnosed mania usually stay on a regiment of meds or can they move on with their merry lives and never look back?
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