Posted by Quintal on October 10, 2008, at 9:40:59
In reply to Experinces with A/D and mood stabilizers, posted by ajax1 on October 9, 2008, at 22:12:18
The ones I've tried were Lamictal and lithium. I took Lamictal for two years and it was very good at keeping depression at bay. I don't think I had any major depressive episodes in that time. I was given lithium in hospital starting off at 400mg. I only went as far as 600mg because it seemed to be giving me rage attacks and had an overall dulling effect. The side effects were increased urination, nausea and visual hallucinations.
Parnate and tianeptine have been the most effective antidepressants for me. I find tianeptine seems to have an antimanic effect. I took them both with Lamictal, and Lamictal has been the most effective and most tolerable mood stabilizer. My pdoc won't even consider valproate, carbamazepine etc. due to side effects. The main side effects I've had from Lamictal have been word-finding difficulties, a weird sort of dyslexia, saying things back to front, and poor/shallow sleep and insomnia. I tend to feel sort of dissociated most of the time.
Q
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