Posted by MoparFan91 on July 25, 2006, at 2:52:01
In reply to Re: Weight gain from regimen changes » bart, posted by MoparFan91 on August 20, 2005, at 15:22:47
Naturally, I've never had problems with binge eating nor excessively large appetite. All of that was ONLY a problem because I had taken Depakote during my early & mid teenage years and also for a few months in late 2004. That drug is a BIG appetite stimulant and causes a lot of weight gain. It did that to me and caused body image problems in the long-term.
Since I've been off the drug, the appetite thing hasn't been a problem, but the body image problems still remain.
> Good idea. I've always had problems with a large appetite. I binge eat a good bit at times, and I have body image issues as well. I get anxious about my weight/body a lot. This aggravates my bipolar ultra rapid cycling into deep depression a bit.
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> I was going to ask about adding Topamax back and replacing the Luvox with it because I seem to still be having Ultradian cycling, and some sites and studies say that Topamax is the best med for Ultradian (hourly) bipolar cycling. Also, I'm still having a lot of problems with guilt feelings and negative intrusive thoughts. I read on here that Topamax helped someone a lot with those.
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> Lamictal overall doesn't seem to take care of Ultradian cycling that, though it's good for regular rapid cycling. I took Topamax one time, and I got benefit from Ultradian cycling at 200mg. I was calmer. We bumped down on the dose because I never gave my body enough time to adjust to the 200mg. I still got benefit at 150mg, though. 100mg/day didn't seem to do much. Another great benefit of Topamax was that it helped a lot with my binge eating, body image issues, guilt feelings, and intrusive thoughts. I had no problems w/ large appetite while I was on it. I think it fixed the chemical imbalance in my brain that was causing the appetite problems, intrusive thoughts, and binge eating.
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> For the appetite problem, Wellbutrin seems like another good choice, though it doesn't seem to have the other benefits of Topamax. I took it one time. But. dose was too high (300mg) and I had agitation, anxiety, and I was mad as a hornet. On 150mg, there seemed to be no problem.
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