Posted by cycling on August 5, 2010, at 0:10:17
In reply to Re: Effective Treatments for Mania, posted by morgan miller on August 4, 2010, at 23:45:59
After this veryyy long thread (sry about that) I think we've got somewhere. Lithium and an SSRI. I haven't felt any better since being on seroquel, so I think you guys are right. The only drug that I've been prescribed so far that I felt a difference with was the Lithium...it decreased my intensity significantly. My insurance doesn't cover Lexapro but it seems like many are having improvement with Luvox. Next time I'm going to mention Luvox to my doc and by that time i'll be off lamictal and hopefully he'll be open minded enough to try the SSRI route. He's always been hesitant about the SSRI route because he thought it'd increase hte mania, but the racing thoughts may very well be ocd-derived, which I think it is. In the meantime, I'll keep up the exercise 5-6 days/week, keep on taking my omega-3's epa 2.5grams/day, and get some good magnesium while I'm at it. And Morgan, thanks a lot. I do have one question, how many of your friends know about your meds?
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