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Posted by zowie_27 on January 6, 2005, at 21:53:06
Here I sit searching for answers. My current Dr. is telling me Lamictal is the end all cure for Bipolar. The problem is I have zig zaging moods every otherday. But my depression is always agitated and angry. So I am looking into this disorder and need any information on "current" treatment medications. I see her in a week and as for my meds I'm on Lamictal, geodon, and paxil. I describe myself as slipping into the abyss of despair...
Posted by Dan Perkins on January 6, 2005, at 21:58:51
In reply to just diagnosed, posted by zowie_27 on January 6, 2005, at 21:53:06
Hi Zowie,
You have come to the right place. Very many knowledgable people on this website to advise you.
My sole piece of advice on this is that for mental illness, nothing is the "end all cure" for anything! Be wary of your pdoc's advice.
> Here I sit searching for answers. My current Dr. is telling me Lamictal is the end all cure for Bipolar. The problem is I have zig zaging moods every otherday. But my depression is always agitated and angry. So I am looking into this disorder and need any information on "current" treatment medications. I see her in a week and as for my meds I'm on Lamictal, geodon, and paxil. I describe myself as slipping into the abyss of despair...
Posted by tensor on January 7, 2005, at 8:41:03
In reply to just diagnosed, posted by zowie_27 on January 6, 2005, at 21:53:06
Hi and welcome,
take a look at this page for info on mood-stabilizers:
http://www.psycheducation.org/depression/meds/moodstabilizers.htmBest wishes,
Mattias
Posted by Ritch on January 7, 2005, at 10:14:24
In reply to just diagnosed, posted by zowie_27 on January 6, 2005, at 21:53:06
> Here I sit searching for answers. My current Dr. is telling me Lamictal is the end all cure for Bipolar. The problem is I have zig zaging moods every otherday. But my depression is always agitated and angry. So I am looking into this disorder and need any information on "current" treatment medications. I see her in a week and as for my meds I'm on Lamictal, geodon, and paxil. I describe myself as slipping into the abyss of despair...
Hi, I haven't been on Lamictal (yet), but I've read a lot of posts about it making some people irritable. Agitated angry depressions may actually be milder mixed state symptoms. Depakote or Tegretol,Trileptal would likely work better on those symptoms. I've also read some posts here about Geodon inducing mania... just thought I would mention that as a possibility. SSRI's can set off agitation too. It could also be that the Lamictal by itself wouldn't be agitating (without the Geodon and Paxil). Med cocktails for bipolar are very complicated. You have to look for meds/substances *triggering* bipolar symptoms as much as finding stuff to put a lid on them. Hope this helps some.
Posted by Dan Perkins on January 7, 2005, at 11:33:53
In reply to Re: just diagnosed » zowie_27, posted by Ritch on January 7, 2005, at 10:14:24
Speaking of SSRI agitation, Paxil made me so irritated, angry and mean that I had to stop taking it within a few weeks.
> > Here I sit searching for answers. My current Dr. is telling me Lamictal is the end all cure for Bipolar. The problem is I have zig zaging moods every otherday. But my depression is always agitated and angry. So I am looking into this disorder and need any information on "current" treatment medications. I see her in a week and as for my meds I'm on Lamictal, geodon, and paxil. I describe myself as slipping into the abyss of despair...
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> Hi, I haven't been on Lamictal (yet), but I've read a lot of posts about it making some people irritable. Agitated angry depressions may actually be milder mixed state symptoms. Depakote or Tegretol,Trileptal would likely work better on those symptoms. I've also read some posts here about Geodon inducing mania... just thought I would mention that as a possibility. SSRI's can set off agitation too. It could also be that the Lamictal by itself wouldn't be agitating (without the Geodon and Paxil). Med cocktails for bipolar are very complicated. You have to look for meds/substances *triggering* bipolar symptoms as much as finding stuff to put a lid on them. Hope this helps some.
Posted by Maxime on January 7, 2005, at 20:34:21
In reply to just diagnosed, posted by zowie_27 on January 6, 2005, at 21:53:06
The answers are not going to come so you might as well enjoy a nice bubble bath!
It sounds like you are in a mixed state of depression and hypomania right now WHICH IS AWFUL! I have been there and it's hell.
I don't know why you are still on Paxil. He should take you off any SSRI antidepressant (you have to be weaned off). A lot people with BP do well on Wellbutrin as their AD, but everyone is different.
Don't let any doctor tell you that a med is going to help you so much. That wasn't fair of him. He should know better.
It will take some time to find the right meds, but you will find something that clicks.
I hope your doctor is not a general practioner but a psychiatrist. A GP can't manage your meds.
Be patient and do some research. You have to act as you own advocate a lot of time.
Take care
Max> Here I sit searching for answers. My current Dr. is telling me Lamictal is the end all cure for Bipolar. The problem is I have zig zaging moods every otherday. But my depression is always agitated and angry. So I am looking into this disorder and need any information on "current" treatment medications. I see her in a week and as for my meds I'm on Lamictal, geodon, and paxil. I describe myself as slipping into the abyss of despair...
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