Posted by MomO3 on August 18, 2002, at 0:14:05
In reply to Re: I would revise your categories » Abby, posted by BarbaraCat on August 15, 2002, at 13:29:46
You said it sister!!
> I believe that we, the sufferers of such, and not the textbooks, are likely to be the expert sources on this topic.
Now I have a couple questions for you. You say you are taking lithim, are you taking anything else (I have to assume you are - don't I?)?
I conversed with you when I recently went through one of those mixed-states hells you describe..., so the pdoc told me no more anti-depressants - which promptly plunged me into an abysmal depression. Now a month into taking Effexor, I am simultaneously cleaning out every closet and every room in my house. I feel good, probably a genuine hypomanic. I am ok with it right now, but I am already cutting back the Effexor dose to prevent it from going too far. I already know my neurontin doesn't help with the mixed state, and that I am probably just biding my time before I end up on depakote - honestly I want to lose as much weight as I can before I have to fill a script for that one. Have you gained weight on the lithium?
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