Posted by rod on July 19, 2005, at 4:43:47
HiHo Scott
So, I have tried Depakote for some days. After an initial positive response at 150mg I experienced some bad side effects on cognition. and 300mg gave me the worst sutpor I ever had.
Ok, now I am giving those Li ions a chance...
I have taken 225mg Lithium Carbonate. And well, I like it. its calming and distressing, makes me think more clearly.. and has some antidepressant effect. But I fear its just some kind of temporary improvement.
Scott, my question, you get a temporary relief on Lithium? Did you check your thyroid when you got worse? It has some antithyroid properties. (and it also activates the HPA axis, anyway). T4 (lithium, bipolar) augmentation provides better results than T3 augemtation (unipolar).
To be on the safe side, I will have my thyroid checked. I will see my doc in ~3 weeks. I hope nothing goes wrong in the meanwhile. (You might ask yourself who on earth prescribes you it without making any blood test :-P .. well its possible where I live.... ehehehe refills for free :-D .. nuff said (it wont be possible anymore when they introduce the chip card system, which is soon to happen)).
I will stay at 225mg in the meanwhile.
I am thinking about dropping Lyrica, because Li has a similar effect to me. And Lyrica caused some ugly weight gain and its positive effect is still here, but weak.
I hope Li does the trick on the long term for me...
Nort 100mg
Amisulp 50mg
Nicergoline 30mg
Lithium 225mgmight drop:
Lyrica 300mg
Pentoxifylline 600mgbye
Roland
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