Posted by morgan miller on August 5, 2010, at 0:44:11
In reply to Re: Effective Treatments for Mania » morgan miller, posted by cycling on August 5, 2010, at 0:10:17
> 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?
I tell just about everyone that I'm on medication, I'm kind of an open book and wear many things on my sleeve(nice, two cliche metaphors that pretty much mean the same thing in one sentence). The first time I was on medication(Prozac) I had a a tight knit open minded and non-judgmental group of friends, so that helped. But, like I said, I'm an open book and have never been self conscious about people knowing a lot of things that most people keep in the closet. I have some ideas as to why I'm like this.
I think it is good if you can tell all your friends that your taking a medication, if they are understanding and accepting, if not, maybe just keep it to yourself and tell a select few people.
I would stay away from Luvox. SSRIs are vary greatly in liver metabolism and side effects, luvox is one you don't really want to put in your body IMO. It may help you, it may not, but I would find a way to try Lexapro(again, at low dose at first) if you can. If your doctor calls your insurance company and tells them you NEED to be on Lexapro and not Celexa(which I am sure is what your insurance company wants you to take the generic of) they SHOULD cover the Lexapro. I had this problem with my insurance and just had my doctor tell them that I had to be on the brand name of the medication I was taking, and my insurance gave in and covered it. God I can't wait until our health care system gets a major overhaul. Most insurance companies flat out SUCK donkey dong.
Even if you do well on an SSRI, you still may be bipolar, just keep that in mind. Like I said before, it is important to always be aware of the possibility that you have some type of bipolar so you can take the right steps and precautions to try to avoid future episodes and the further progression of the disorder.
You may have to find a new pdoc(do some research and you will find a good smart progressive one), this one seems a bit too set in his conventional, conservative and "follow the herd blindness" ways.
I look forward to hearing that you feel better soon! Good Luck!
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