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 Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:16 pm
This is the place to talk about meds you have been/are on, and to ask about different meds.
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:36 pm
Guess I'll start.
I have been on:
Depakote (made me crash repeatedly)
Lithium: (not much effect)
Tegetrol (messed with my liver)
Zyprexa: Good trank, but made me too sedated all the time.
Geodon: Same as Zyprexa
Prozac: psychosis
Wellbutrin: psychosis
Ritalin: Good stuffs
Concerta: Like Ritalin but, the foam inside grossed me out.
I am now on:
Ritalin: 80-100 mg/day
Abilify: Just started, now on 5mg/day
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:39 pm
Yay the guild is finally here!!!! In the past I took sinequan also called doxipin, but it made me like a zombie, gave me dry mouth, redface made me have a low sex drive and made me constipated. redface Now I take two medications; Seroquil and Neurotin. I seem to be pretty 'normal' now and my depression is far less then what it was. Also I'm not manic all the time, nor do I have racing thoughts. My philosophy is minimum amount of medication for maximum amount of effect.
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:44 pm
famusamu Yay the guild is finally here!!!! In the past I took sinequan also called doxipin, but it made me like a zombie, gave me dry mouth, redface made me have a low sex drive and made me constipated. redface Now I take two medications; Seroquil and Neurotin. I seem to be pretty 'normal' now and my depression is far less then what it was. Also I'm not manic all the time, nor do I have racing thoughts. My philosphy is minimum amount of medication for maximum amount of effect. I used to take those, then I stopped cuz the psych made me for some reason, and the place I was in didn't wean me, so I almost died from the withdrawl. Now! As of TODAY! I am on: Abilify (Just like H3rsh3y ^_^) 15mg (for my crazy) Trazadone: 150mg (for sleep)
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Some Lesser Demon Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:47 pm
Techno: I got prescribed Abilify just today!
And about the foam in concerta, half of the inside of the pill is foam. It's an extended release mechanism. How do I know this for sure? Let's just say I've seen them cut in half... ninja
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:03 pm
I've been only on Wellbutrin for the past six years, and it just isn't cutting it anymore! I'm going to try Neurontin pretty soon hopefully. I hear it works pretty well for most bipolars.
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 6:12 pm
MuraDarkcaves I've been only on Wellbutrin for the past six years, and it just isn't cutting it anymore! I'm going to try Neurontin pretty soon hopefully. I hear it works pretty well for most bipolars. It works pretty well for me.
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:44 pm
I've taken, in my past:
zoloft
paxil
effexor
celexa
Now i'm not taking anything.
Starting some antipsychotics and more antidepressants soon. Not sure what yet.
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Some Lesser Demon Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:05 pm
I'm gonna sell my Trazadone. I want money. The Abilify should make me sleepy. I'm not insomniac all the time, anyway.
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Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 12:08 pm
MuraDarkcaves I've been only on Wellbutrin for the past six years, and it just isn't cutting it anymore! I'm going to try Neurontin pretty soon hopefully. I hear it works pretty well for most bipolars. Well...It had zero effect on me, and they had me on the ceiling dose (2400mg) and Seroquel and Zoloft. I think its because I just decided to not let it effect me. This is when I was locked up. Never forget to take your Neurontin or your Seroquel if you take it. Neurontin gave me violent withdrawl when they just took me off without weaning me off. I thought I was going to die.
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Some Lesser Demon Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:48 am
Today's my second day on Abilify. Wonder how long before it takes effect. I wasn't as insomniac as usual last night... *shrug* Supposedly one of the side effects of Zoloft is, it makes you aggressive, puts you in "kill mode." Kill mode is where you attack anything that annoys you. I've done that. Anyway, then I found a gif. Made me laugh. 
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:19 am
Technospaceman MuraDarkcaves I've been only on Wellbutrin for the past six years, and it just isn't cutting it anymore! I'm going to try Neurontin pretty soon hopefully. I hear it works pretty well for most bipolars. Well...It had zero effect on me, and they had me on the ceiling dose (2400mg) and Seroquel and Zoloft. I think its because I just decided to not let it effect me. This is when I was locked up. Never forget to take your Neurontin or your Seroquel if you take it. Neurontin gave me violent withdrawl when they just took me off without weaning me off. I thought I was going to die. Violent withdrawls... Great... I'm a little nervus, but what can ya do? I still gotta try it, because the wellbutrin just don't cut it!!!
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 10:59 am
MuraDarkcaves Technospaceman MuraDarkcaves I've been only on Wellbutrin for the past six years, and it just isn't cutting it anymore! I'm going to try Neurontin pretty soon hopefully. I hear it works pretty well for most bipolars. Well...It had zero effect on me, and they had me on the ceiling dose (2400mg) and Seroquel and Zoloft. I think its because I just decided to not let it effect me. This is when I was locked up. Never forget to take your Neurontin or your Seroquel if you take it. Neurontin gave me violent withdrawl when they just took me off without weaning me off. I thought I was going to die. Violent withdrawls... Great... I'm a little nervus, but what can ya do? I still gotta try it, because the wellbutrin just don't cut it!!! What does Wellbutrin do to you? I took it once and it sent me psychotic, same as Prozac. I heard bipolars tend to have that reaction to antidepressants. I wonder if maybe it's cause I tend to be more manic to begin with....
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:10 am
It always surprises people that I've been on Wellbutrin. It's true, it doesn't work for most bipolars, but it helped me get by for a long time.
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Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2005 2:13 pm
Hmmm... Abilify isn't making me too drowsy, but I don't feel super-manic. This might actually work!
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