Posted by JohnX2 on May 6, 2002, at 20:00:23
In reply to Re: Does lithium help with bipolar intraday cycling? » JohnX2, posted by Chloe on May 6, 2002, at 19:26:55
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> > Lithium help bipolar intraday cycling?
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> > Thanks for any feedback.
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> > I know that Tegetrol and Lamictal are good for
> > rapid cycling, but I run into snags with these
> > meds.
> >
> > John
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> John,
> This is completely hearsay from my shrink. But her take on lithium is that it's good for the longer, bigger swings, and is excellent for rage outburst.
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> From personal experience, I found lithium useful overall for bp2 in boosting my AD and a small amount of stabilization. But I would have to say, for intraday cycles, depakote has been a godsend to me. So, I take a small amount of both, 250 mgs of Depakote with 225 mgs of Li.
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> Have you ever considered Depakote? If it's not going to be the main mood stabilizer, you would only need a subtherapeutic dose...
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> ChloeChloe,
Depakote had no activity for me. Dunno why? Seems to wipe out a lot
of people. But I tried it for 2 months and as far as I could tell it was
a sugar pill (it does smell like candy!).I've had luck with Lamictal and Trileptal smoothing out
rapid cycling, but the dose required gives me a really bad
headache and numbs out my emotions...bummer.Thanks for your feedback.
John
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