Posted by CareBear04 on January 21, 2008, at 17:29:17 [reposted on January 23, 2008, at 10:37:42 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Are 2 antipsychotics ever combined for bipolar » bipolarspectrum1, posted by SLS on January 21, 2008, at 4:46:58
that's interesting-- i've had the opposite effects with the APs you described. abilify really didn't do much at all. geodon had no antidepressant effects, but it put a ceiling on my mood so i didn't get manic. i've been prescribed high-dose seroquel for depression. and zyprexa helped keep my mood from plummeting while the AD kicked in. i guess people really do respond differently to meds.
as for combining two antipsychotics-- i've taken seroquel and geodon together, with the seroquel being mostly for sleep. and i found the combination of an old and newer AP effective-- haldol and geodon. geodon had more of a mood-stabilizing effect and haldol calmed my thoughts.
good luck!
cb
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