Posted by storm on November 26, 2001, at 15:10:40
In reply to good mood stabilizer?, posted by storm on November 26, 2001, at 13:59:55
I suppose an antipsychotic would work too. for racing thoughts, obsessing, etc. I looked at depakote and tegretol. tegretol will probably react with what I'm on from what I've read; but both have Soooo many side effects. I really don't want either of those. is there something more safe than those? sorry this is so long :)
> I've been on lithium, it helped alright but I've started gaining weight from it. (either that or neurontin has caused weight gain, but I'm assuming the lithium). it seems like when I gained the weight I was eating more, and wouldn't neurontin just cause water retention mostly? been on neurontin about a year; I've been on lithium about two years and it just started getting bad, but when I went off prozac it happened. and my theory is that the prozac counteracted the lithium making my appetite bigger. so my weight was mostly stable until recently. I wish I knew, but it's just a guess.
> I'm currently still on neurontin and serzone. neurontin helps more than anything I've tried, more than all the antidepressants that didn't work, etc. but the only mood stabilizer I've been on is lithium. & I recently took geodon and had to quit because of side effects.
> so my problem is, I need something else, another mood stabilzer to replace the lithium. any suggestions? thanks :)
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