Posted by ~Alii~ on May 6, 2003, at 13:53:42
In reply to Re: Anxiety or Hypomania? » Ponder, posted by Ritch on February 24, 2002, at 17:02:17
>>>Hi Ponder,I would suggest backing off the Wellbutrin some. I mood chart my bipolar and keep track of all my dosages on a spreadsheet and watch the trends. I have been able to tolerate Wellbutrin less and less as my seasonal bipolar depression has lifted and now I am looking at very intense hypomanias in April and May. Just an opinion, but when it comes to bipolar I think you need to look at what you can *reduce* before you think of what to add-on. I think Topamax is a good anti-manic agent. Some folks get unremitting *brain fog* from it, some don't. Try dropping your WB down to 300mg/day from 400mg and see if the *anxiety* lightens up a bit.
good luck,
Mitch<<<
Mitch,Do you use any codes for your spreadsheets to facilitate their use? I've been fiddling with one in Excel and am not having much luck putting together the exact things I need in this chart. I'm copying off of the one adapted from Sachs, G (1996): J. Clin. Psychopharm. 16:2 (suppl 1) p47S
It is a rather common mood chart but given the advantages of having one on the pc as well as the written version gives me a better chance at getting this information together for the doctors since not a one of them has a clue right now as to what the heck is going on with my moods/sleep/health in general. Bleck.
Roundabout way of asking you if you use Excel and if so do you have your chart finely tuned?
Thank you.
~alii
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