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Posted by phidippus on March 29, 2014, at 14:47:53
I just started Tegretol and already take lithium. What's it like being on two mood stabilizers?
Eric
Posted by Beckett on March 29, 2014, at 15:41:58
In reply to Two mood stabilzers. Anyone else?, posted by phidippus on March 29, 2014, at 14:47:53
I just started two mood stabilizers: lithium and lamictal. I think Lithium eliminates intrusive suicidal thoughts and lightens despair while lamictal seems to ameliorate fast fluctuations that tend towards what might be called (unproductively) borderline. Good luck. It seems to work for well with me--and I don't feel weighed down.
Posted by rjlockhart37 on March 31, 2014, at 11:32:33
In reply to Two mood stabilzers. Anyone else?, posted by phidippus on March 29, 2014, at 14:47:53
it makes you passive.....not really agitated, but not really feeling excited about things, it levelizes the moods to stable but only thing it tunes things out....
i take zyprexa 20mg and lamictal 400mg and that's what it does to me.......
r
Posted by linkadge on March 31, 2014, at 19:54:18
In reply to Re: Two mood stabilzers. Anyone else?, posted by rjlockhart37 on March 31, 2014, at 11:32:33
Two mood stabilizers is more common than you might thing. The lithium + divalproex combination can be particularly effective in resistant cases.
Posted by LouisianaSportsman on April 4, 2014, at 20:12:47
In reply to Two mood stabilzers. Anyone else?, posted by phidippus on March 29, 2014, at 14:47:53
I currently take:
topiramate 200mg. controlled-release
lamotrigine 200mg.both QAM
I have not had a "mood episode" as commented by people close to me since I have been on this regiment at this dose. I do not notice any physiological effects whatsoever. It works quite well, I highly suggest it.
Posted by phidippus on April 5, 2014, at 15:29:53
In reply to Re: Two mood stabilzers. Anyone else?, posted by LouisianaSportsman on April 4, 2014, at 20:12:47
Both lamictal and topomax raised my OCD to comical heights-I became afraid of my inner voice.
Eric
Posted by Louisiana Sportsman on April 17, 2014, at 19:34:58
In reply to Re: Two mood stabilzers. Anyone else? » LouisianaSportsman, posted by phidippus on April 5, 2014, at 15:29:53
Just wanted to note that I read this, and I appreciate you sharing your response.
I appreciate personal response rather than generic terms. Short, but sweet and straight to the point.
I find it interesting that you decided to combine the two. I consider you and SLS to be the prestigious ones around here, but I don't get any credit lol. I'm an amateur.
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