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Posted by sigolene on November 22, 2004, at 9:53:16
Hi,
I've been taking dekapote for 4 months now, with great effect on my bipolar II rapid cycle depression. I can't tolerate any AD.
But after 4 months I feel very depressed again and I don't know what to do. Please help.
Should I add an other mood stabilizer or is it better to add thyroid hormons T4 ?
Posted by Ritch on November 22, 2004, at 10:50:04
In reply to dekapote, posted by sigolene on November 22, 2004, at 9:53:16
> Hi,
>
> I've been taking dekapote for 4 months now, with great effect on my bipolar II rapid cycle depression. I can't tolerate any AD.
> But after 4 months I feel very depressed again and I don't know what to do. Please help.
> Should I add an other mood stabilizer or is it better to add thyroid hormons T4 ?Hi, the best mood stabilizer addon for depakote would be lithium (if you can tolerate it). As far as T4 goes.. get blood tests to check your thyroid function (a baseline), and see what your doctor thinks about it. If you add lithium, also adding a little T4 might be good, since the lithium will depress your thyroid somewhat.
Posted by Clarinette on November 24, 2004, at 1:45:01
In reply to dekapote, posted by sigolene on November 22, 2004, at 9:53:16
I have been taking depamide for 7 months, but have just changed it (yesterday ! ) for depakine. Both very similar to depakote.
I felt progressively better with the depamide, but couldn't put up with the side effects. A month and a half ago a specialiste put me on Lamictal. Its a mood stabiliser that tends to stabilise towards an 'up' rather than 'on the flat' or 'down' .
Having progressively reduced the depamide/depakine which has an 'antidepresseur' effect, I have been going down hill these last few weeks. However, I've upped the Lamictal and replaced all my somniferes with Rivotril ( another mood stabiliser ) and we'll wait and see.
Best wishes,
Claraps, all that is to treat BPII 1/2, or cyclothymia
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