Posted by stresser on April 18, 2005, at 8:09:42
You are going to have to start billing us, because we value your advice as we do our own doctors. My daughter is taking 400mg topamax, 300mg Wellbutrin and 20mg adderall for bipolar II. The adderall was working at first, but now I am not sure it's doing much for motivation. She just doesn't have much at all when it comes to getting a job or thinking about college. She hardly spoke to us yesterday. Her dad and I had to make her talk to us. She seems to be really depressed and in a funk most of the time and with talk therapy and medication nothing really is helping. The doctor says keep seeing her psychologist and etc. I am feeling as if nothing is going to help, and am somewhat hopeless this morning as she left for school all depressed. She gains weight VERY easily because she has a binge eating disorder, or self-medicates herself with food, if you want to call it that. What would you suggest? She has been on the 400mg of topamax for 10 days, do you know how long it will take for that dosage to kick in? She seems to be in an intollerable, angry, hostile, type manic mode right now. I really feel like living with her is, well, you know? -L
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