Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 1080841

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Manic / Depakote/ mood stabilizers

Posted by Sheilac on July 29, 2015, at 11:08:15

I have a history of having the opposite reaction to meds. I've failed all the traditional mood stabilizers - they make me manic!

Lamacital & Depakote have been the worst.

I got up to 500mg of Depakote and went crazy.

For some reason I do very well on the antipsychotics for mood stabilization.

Recently, I went up to 160mg of Geodon and am doing great. I had to drop the Depakote, but I'm still able to take a low dose of Adderall. I've even stopped the Klonopin, except for the occasional use.

Since I also got a swelling side effect on high doses of Trileptal, I couldn't rely on that for mood stabilization, but my pdoc said we could add a low dose of 300mg during the day.

I was doing great for many months until I had to take Tramadol for a pain condition. It threw me into mania. Now if I have to take it, I take Atarax and Trileptal and I'm able to stay even.

I've hated being unstable lately, but am so lucky to have a pdoc that immediately recognizes it and is able to work with me. And things are working now. No more mania.

 

Re: Manic / Depakote/ mood stabilizers

Posted by rjlockhart37 on July 29, 2015, at 20:18:52

In reply to Manic / Depakote/ mood stabilizers, posted by Sheilac on July 29, 2015, at 11:08:15

that's good to hear, right now im trying to get off lamictal, it makes me such a boring state, but maybe the dose will be decreased to like 100mg, im on 400mg.....

a really good add on always is Lithium for mania, if you ever have difficult with meds, it's the gold standard for mania and depressive phases, been used for year even before they made it a medication........lithium baths

 

Re: Manic / Depakote/ mood stabilizers » Sheilac

Posted by herpills on July 30, 2015, at 20:29:34

In reply to Manic / Depakote/ mood stabilizers, posted by Sheilac on July 29, 2015, at 11:08:15

I hate Tramadol. Yes, it is great for pain, but I don't think it's good for people on psych meds or people dealing with mental health. It's like an opiate combined with an SNRI. Do the SSRI's give you mood swings? Then tramadol probably will too. I'm not a doctor, but...I feel hydrocodone is safer...messes with less stuff in your brain...

I'm glad to hear Geodon is working out for you!

Treating pain when you're also on psych meds is tricky...


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