Posted by morgan miller on August 4, 2010, at 23:45:59
In reply to Re: Effective Treatments for Mania » bleauberry, posted by cycling on August 4, 2010, at 21:13:29
BB may be on to something. I think you may have felt better and had more success if you had originally tried an SSRI like Lexapro to begin with. Like I said before, I had a ton of success with SSRI monotherapy in the past and I am pretty sure I have some version of Bipolar I.
Doctors are just following protocol and are a little overly cautious in my opinion.
I think you should give Lexapro a good 6 weeks, see how you feel, and if you feel much better and your thought process has greatly improved, see what Lexapro monotherapy does for you. I still think staying on a low dose(no more than 600 mg) is a good idea.
If you do take Depakote, it is perfectly fine to combine it with Lithium. There is some recent evidence that the two may work very well together.
I still say wean off Seroquel, wean off Lamictal, stay on a low dose of Lithium, and give Lexapro a good 4 to 6 weeks before you know if it is going to give you any relief.
In the meantime, you may want to look into the supplements I suggested earlier.
Also, you may want to find another more open minded pdoc. I don't like any pdoc who is quick to prescribe Seroquel and want to stick with it, upping the dose. I just think there are better options and a really good pdoc would know this.
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