Posted by PM80 on March 16, 2005, at 16:15:45
Hi! I have two questions about my medication. First, let me give a little background on myself. I started going to therapy a few months ago and was initially put on Lexapro. I was only on Lexapro for a few days and had several bad panic attacks as well as high blood pressure (stage2) the few times I checked it. I'm in my 20s, and am generally healthy so I stopped taking it - my doctor agreed. (I do have an inherited kidney disease that can cause high blood pressure, but my kidneys are functioning 100% normal.) Then I was diagnosed with cyclothymia and was put on seroquel (300mg/day)for anxiety, panic attacks, and hypomanic symptoms. I take 50mg 2x a day and 200mg at night. That completely got rid of all my anxiety symptoms and panic attacks and I slept a little better. BUT I still have been somewhat depressed, not sleeping great, and drinking alone so my therapist (a PhD psychologist)prompted me to see my doctor again (they work together with multiple patients). She just put me on a combination of my Seroquel(still 300mg/day) with Depakote (500mg/day), and feels that antidepressants are probably not right for me. I don't have any objections to taking this medication, but i am curious about a few things.
My first question is this: is this combination at all normal for someone like me (without mania) and does it normally help level out depression? Is anyone else on this NOT for mania?
Second question: I have a job that requires a lot of thinking and can still do my work without much of a problem, so does the fact that this combo does not completely knock me out mean that the bp-type diagnosis is definitely correct? What would happen if a "normal" person took this?
Anyone have any thoughts?
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