Posted by mellow on September 9, 2011, at 14:32:35
In reply to Topamax, mood stabilizers?, posted by floatingbridge on September 9, 2011, at 0:57:55
Was wondering where you had been for the last few days.
I did trilepal for about 3 years and was pretty stable despite some rage and soft cycling. Pdoc pushed topomax several appointments in a row and I finally bit on the idea. Dropped trileptal immediately, started 25mg topomax and went up 25mg per week until I hit 100mg. Felt great for about 6 weeks. Could go all day without eating. Stopped bingeing on fast food, but then the cognitive stuff set in. He dropped my celexa and topomax in half both at the same time and the withdrawal was hell. (All while on my honeymoon!)
Now I am reasonably stable on Lamictal and 50mg of topomax which is like barely any topomax at all, but apparently that is a common anticonvulsant combo. All in all I think it is a pretty crummy drug and I wish it were out of my cocktail, but pdoc won't budge on it and he gets grumpy when I make suggestions so I just take my script and leave. Seriously considering a second opinion at this point.
mellow
Bipolar II
Lamictal 150, Topamax 50, Risperdal 2, Cal/Mag, D3 1000, Fish Oil 2400, High Potency Multi"We're all just walking each other home." -Ram Dass
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