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Posted by sherry gomez on July 29, 2001, at 7:13:26
Does anyone take these 2 together for bipolar?.. Or do the 2 drugs work against each other? I dont know what happen last night, but I just was not my self
Posted by Mitch on July 29, 2001, at 14:41:12
In reply to Depakote and Topamax, posted by sherry gomez on July 29, 2001, at 7:13:26
> Does anyone take these 2 together for bipolar?.. Or do the 2 drugs work against each other? I dont know what happen last night, but I just was not my self
Sherry G.
I have taken both of them (but not as the same time). When you are saying you "was not your self" you are saying that you were having problems with thinking-behaving right? Depakote is fairly sedative and so is Topamax. You may have started off with too high of a dose. They recommend starting Topamax (i.e.) at 25-50mg/day and increasing it no faster than 25-50mg/day (for epilepsy). I find it strange also that you were started off on two meds instead of just one at first. (of course-unless you were already on one of these before the other was added).
Mitch
Posted by SalArmy4me on July 29, 2001, at 23:19:06
In reply to Depakote and Topamax, posted by sherry gomez on July 29, 2001, at 7:13:26
Depakote and Topamax sound like a good combo: Depakote works primarily on the hypomania and the Topamax works on the depressive/cycling part of the disease....
Remember the proscription against contraceptive use with these two drugs (if applicable).
> Does anyone take these 2 together for bipolar?.. Or do the 2 drugs work against each other? I dont know what happen last night, but I just was not my self
Posted by sherry gomez on July 30, 2001, at 12:34:34
In reply to Re: Depakote and Topamax » sherry gomez, posted by Mitch on July 29, 2001, at 14:41:12
> > Does anyone take these 2 together for bipolar?.. Or do the 2 drugs work against each other? I dont know what happen last night, but I just was not my self
>
> Sherry G.
>
> I have taken both of them (but not as the same time). When you are saying you "was not your self" you are saying that you were having problems with thinking-behaving right? Depakote is fairly sedative and so is Topamax. You may have started off with too high of a dose. They recommend starting Topamax (i.e.) at 25-50mg/day and increasing it no faster than 25-50mg/day (for epilepsy). I find it strange also that you were started off on two meds instead of just one at first. (of course-unless you were already on one of these before the other was added).
>
> MitchI have taken the 2 for a while, I take 1500mg of Depakote ER and 150mg of Topamag and some others
but I went I into a hyper-mania, and I thought maybe it was the depakote and topamax combination.
Posted by Mitch on July 31, 2001, at 0:03:33
In reply to Re: Depakote and Topamax, posted by sherry gomez on July 30, 2001, at 12:34:34
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> I have taken the 2 for a while, I take 1500mg of Depakote ER and 150mg of Topamag and some others
> but I went I into a hyper-mania, and I thought maybe it was the depakote and topamax combination.Sherry, I think you are going to have to tell us what the *others* are! I haven't heard of anyone taking Depakote and/or Topamax and having hypomania...
Mitch
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