Posted by Ritch on January 14, 2005, at 9:43:50
In reply to Re: Can you be hypomanic for one day?, posted by D minor on January 13, 2005, at 15:06:32
> Thanks all for responding,
> in the past, before I was dxed, I had these intensely "hyper" days that seemed to come out of the blue. But now I've been mood charting, and there was a pattern. While I was off of any mood stabilizer I had a day of hypomania followed by two days of normalcy, then two days of moderate depression, then back to normal. This cycle lasted for two weeks at which point my pdoc put me on Depakote. It stopped abruptly. But I wondered if Depakote could work that fast or if it were a placibo effect.
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> I'm off the Depakote now and on 25mg Topamax for about a week. Everything normal so far.Yes, Depakote can definitely hammer manic symptoms really quick! That's interesting that Topamax is working for you. I loved that med for the sleep, nice and dense and restful. I just couldn't shake the next day fogginess though. I'm glad that it's working for you and your cycling is settled down. Mine is starting to kick up again and adding more Depakote helps the cycling, but it doesn't seem to help my sleeping like Top did.
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