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Posted by bipolarspectrum on February 15, 2005, at 17:51:44
Hi,
I'm looking for a good antimanic, mood stabilizing agent to augment an antidepressant (memantine)... Lithium is to activating for me and carbazepine is too sedating... Lamictal sends me hypomanic... any suggestions?
bps
ps. i just desire something calming, to keep hypomania at bay while not clouding my mind too much
Posted by Nixon on February 15, 2005, at 18:15:47
In reply to shopping for a goos MOOD stabilizer? suggestions??, posted by bipolarspectrum on February 15, 2005, at 17:51:44
Hi Bipolarspectrum,
Did you ever try a low dose of depakote er? Say, 250-500mg? It might help. Good Luck. JN
Posted by Minnie-Haha on February 16, 2005, at 10:16:39
In reply to shopping for a goos MOOD stabilizer? suggestions??, posted by bipolarspectrum on February 15, 2005, at 17:51:44
> I'm looking for a good antimanic, mood stabilizing agent to augment an antidepressant (memantine)... Lithium is to activating for me and carbazepine is too sedating... Lamictal sends me hypomanic... any suggestions?
Have you tried Trileptal (oxcarbazepine)? It is slightly different than Tegretol/carbamazepine.
Posted by bipolarspectrum on February 16, 2005, at 17:42:21
In reply to Re: shopping for a goos MOOD stabilizer? suggestions??, posted by Minnie-Haha on February 16, 2005, at 10:16:39
Hi guys,
Thanx for the posts... I've tried oxcarbazepine, its ok but gives me headache and makes me feel stupid... Valproate (divalproeix acid) is an option too at a low dose that id like to try.. but now im thinking verapamil! anyone tried this??
I recently read about its success in treating bipolar pregnant women... past evidence seems to be good and bad...
bps
Posted by Ritch on February 16, 2005, at 22:33:57
In reply to Is VERAPAMIL a good mood stabilizer?, posted by bipolarspectrum on February 16, 2005, at 17:42:21
> Hi guys,
> Thanx for the posts... I've tried oxcarbazepine, its ok but gives me headache and makes me feel stupid... Valproate (divalproeix acid) is an option too at a low dose that id like to try.. but now im thinking verapamil! anyone tried this??
> I recently read about its success in treating bipolar pregnant women... past evidence seems to be good and bad...
> bpsI've tried it. It *does* seem to help with temper spells. However, it made me dizzy and
exaggerated the tremor I get from Depakote
in my left hand. A long-time poster here has
had very good success with it combined with
Depakote. Look for posts by SusanC
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