Prozac & Depakote ER for Bipolar? BPD? Quitting Effexor XR.

I was irritable and raging for some time.

The depakote can be dangerous to the liver, and I will say you better get get your blood levels checked out.

It gave me pancreatitis, so I got off that.  I use for an anti-depressant Wellbutrin XL 300 mg.  It's nice because you take it once a day in the am.  It's not as manic as Prozac, but still may get you a little agitated.

For a mood stabilizer try Lamictal my NYC dr. loves this med, and I do too.  200mg is the limit, but it works for me and my depression.

Try that and good luck

Hello:

I too am trying to find the right combo of meds to address my Bipolar I. I am pretty identical to you. I am now on Depakote 1000 mg after Lithium did me the favor of blowing out my thyroid. I too have heard of the risks to the liver but have liked the wonderful turnaround in mood from Lithium to Depakote. Nearly no anger or rage now, I am actually using the "wise mind".

I also have been on Lamictal 100 for some time now. I went off Wellbutrin due to agitation and tried Efexor 150 mg. It dulled me out so I tried 75. Side effects were several and drug was ineffective for me so I discontinued it. Just recently, my psych bumped up my Lamictal to 200 mg and left me off a stand-alone anti-depressant. He doesn't like how an anti-depressant affects bipolar people. This is a change I hope will work.

Try Roserem to bump you into sleep. I tried it and it worked well. Stay away from the Seroquel, it is evil.

Wish me luck, and I will  do the same.

-- Clyde

I quit effexor with prozac and now i'm on prozac.  Too much prozac seems to make me sleepy, so watch that.  I also take depakote and lamictil, so far so good. Let me Know how yours goes cause, I'm ALWAYS sleepy on ANYTHING.

I am not sure when this was written, but if this helps any....which I hope it will I am going to let you know....#1 I am on 40mg of Prozac & 500mg of Depakote ER I find that the combo of drugs has done an amazing job of keeping me stable, happy and still able to feel emotions....you know, you are allowed to be sad some days its just when it last longer then a day or two that you have to worry about it. Anywho, I find the combo works GREAT!!! The only side effect that I am having which actually started due to another medicine that I was on and I am yet to pinpoint which one it is, is tremors....I wake up in the morning and am shaking and my hands shake all thru out the day, its really rather annoying. But hey, atleast I am not driving everyone around me insane with my mood changes....I can deal with the shaking. :)

I hope this helps. Have a good day!