Posted by Sheilac on July 29, 2015, at 11:08:15
I have a history of having the opposite reaction to meds. I've failed all the traditional mood stabilizers - they make me manic!
Lamacital & Depakote have been the worst.
I got up to 500mg of Depakote and went crazy.
For some reason I do very well on the antipsychotics for mood stabilization.
Recently, I went up to 160mg of Geodon and am doing great. I had to drop the Depakote, but I'm still able to take a low dose of Adderall. I've even stopped the Klonopin, except for the occasional use.
Since I also got a swelling side effect on high doses of Trileptal, I couldn't rely on that for mood stabilization, but my pdoc said we could add a low dose of 300mg during the day.
I was doing great for many months until I had to take Tramadol for a pain condition. It threw me into mania. Now if I have to take it, I take Atarax and Trileptal and I'm able to stay even.
I've hated being unstable lately, but am so lucky to have a pdoc that immediately recognizes it and is able to work with me. And things are working now. No more mania.
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