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rapunzel on Bipolar
Monday, December 03 2007
i wonder, if any of you all that have taken depakine 500mg to 1000mg have had the side effect of skin ichiness, but when you take the mood stabilizer seroquel, you dont have this side effect....????As far as weight gain, when someone is new to a drug, i found at the begining of depakine and also seroquel there was some weight gain,,,but you... Read more
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rapunzel on Bipolar
Wednesday, November 28 2007
I know i am bipolar but which one? I never asked my pdoc. I know I had some bad crashes, refusal to take meds, heheh didnt believe i had something wrong with me, but then again, had so much going on in my life, now i can laugh, that mania can really get you going, and can you joke about stuff, oh man...lets see, where was I? i was... Read more
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rapunzel on Bipolar
Sunday, November 25 2007
I am always curious about the brain and the ability of people,, doctors, how they are able to really know how to treat our differences of the brain and the DSM symptoms... What we have Peet scan of the brain where is the most activity going on, i dont know if a lot of doctors are doing this, i read... Read more
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rapunzel on Bipolar
Friday, November 23 2007
hi, thanks everyone for answers and support. Let see, let me just ask what is at the top of my brain? can one be on only one medication for stabilization and for how long? Say just for maintenance? or this doesnt work for long? For example, i am on depekine and seroquel and then when everything is going ok then only depekine? Do you have to... Read more
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rapunzel on Bipolar
Thursday, November 22 2007
The last two weeks i have been busy packing and booking reservations for my trip with my daughter to put her in college. I have noticed more emotional outbursts because my daughter is leaving, less sleep but adequate about 7 hours, but shakiness and tremours and one panic attack, anyways went to the doc and he put me back on seroquel 200 mg,... Read more
