Posted by rainy on December 15, 2004, at 8:15:04
In reply to Re: Bipolar meds, posted by redscarlet on December 14, 2004, at 20:57:45
> Rainy ~ Thanks for the info on the website, I'll check it out.
> I tried Abilify in the summer of 2003, I got BAD akathisia from just the lowest starting doses and had to stop taking it.
> I'm having a touch of akathisia on the 40mgs of Geodon that I take, but because it works so well I'm willing to live with it.
> However I think it may bother other people, I can't sit still to well, and stuff like going to the movies is a true test of my friends patients.
> Out of all the meds I've been on, I've never been on Effexor, and nor would I be !!! I know all to well to stay away from that one ! The only SSRI I can take is the Wellbutrin.Don't mean to be a know-it all but wellbutrin is one of the few ADs that's "allowed" for us bipolars and it isn't an SSRI. It falls into some other class of the little things. That's probably why you(and I) can tke it.
Here's a website that has some med info, if you don't already know about it...
> There's a lot of info about Topamax from other people's experience with it.
>>Yes, I've gotten some useful information from it, but the last time I looked it had been shut down for repairs or something--at least the trileptal info part had. I also found the tone rather negative, but maybe that's because I was.
Another good one is Remedyfind, because I don't have complete address, I Google that one.
There's where I got a lot of good "reviews" of Effexor, but not enough. They all mentioned the yuck, even though it was working for them.
Does Geodon cause weight gain--I know his is an issue for you--and does it help with depression? I'm going down the tubes again on the lower dose of wellbutrin--100 just doesn't cut it. 200 is here we go with the anxiety. That's why, along with the fish oil Kat mentions (although not salmon, according to other research) I'm thinking of trileptal.rainy
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> Well, so much to read and so little time !!! :-)
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