Posted by Christ_empowered on October 5, 2013, at 12:21:51
In reply to Re: Last night, posted by Sheilac on October 5, 2013, at 8:31:59
I take 1200/Trileptal (2 doses of 600mgs) plus 20/Abilify (AM) and up to 300 Neurontin (100 x3), and that works pretty well...I also Orthomolecular, of course.
I think you might need to do blood sodium. They do a baseline then check you again to make sure everything's OK. After the baseline and the 2nd test, I'm not really sure how often they check the blood sodium levels...Trileptal is a pretty low-maintenance medication.
Have you considered 1200/Trileptal plus maybe a low dose of Abilify every 2nd or 3rd day? Abilify has a long half life and lower doses are stimulating. I was reading about this on some Bipolar website. The idea is you take the Abilify every couple of days so you get more stimulation, less tranquilization, but still enough tranquilization to stay calm. Make any sense? I hear it works for some people.
The other thing I thought of was a switch from Klonopin to Xanax XR, plus a night time dose of some benzo. Xanax has mild antidepressant properties, so maybe that would help (?). Some docs don't like to Rx it, though, even in XR form.
Just some random thoughts...
Good luck!
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