Posted by Krysti on November 1, 2002, at 10:54:45
In reply to Re: Recognizing / Treating Cyclothymia » Krysti, posted by Ritch on October 31, 2002, at 22:27:31
Hi Ritch,
When I first went on the Gabitril, I was supposed to take one 4mg pill in the morning and two 4mg pills at night. I started having abdominal pains right away so my doctor was going to switch me to something else at my next appointment. I ended up just taking 4mg at night and the pains went away. I remained stable on that dose so we never switched. However, I did end up feeling "flat" (which I felt on the Depakote also). Then I got depressed and then started having crying spells. That's when I added the Lexapro (10mg). I've felt good since then (I started the Lexapro about a month ago).
I was hoping just the mood stabilizer would do the trick, obviously - who wants to take a bunch of stuff? But, from everything I've read, that "flat" feeling happens to a lot of people on mood stabilizers alone so I decided to just go ahead and add on an anti-depressant. It's worked so far :)
Do you remember how much you were taking? Have you tried adding an anti-depressant to your stabilizer?
Krysti
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