Posted by fairnymph on July 30, 2002, at 14:54:59
In reply to Re: Least likely med to cause mania? Help!, posted by littlebaldy29 on July 30, 2002, at 14:39:52
My ex bf was BP type II....
He took 100 mg of wellbutrin a day...more and he started rapid cycling. Other than that the wellbutrin seemed to work well.
However, he realized he needed more of an antidepressant., so he went on paxil...he was taking 10 mg/day at first but this induced mania and severe sexual dysfunction...so he went down to 5mg/day (which means you have to split a pill in half) and that seemed perfect.
The two above antidepressants along with 2000 mg depakote and klonopin (1 mg) as needed was the best cocktail of meds he found.
He was seeing a bipolar expert/specialist at the Stanford clinic.
Hope this helps!
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