Posted by yesac on June 16, 2005, at 11:04:05
In reply to Re: bipolar sleep problems » yesac, posted by barbaracat on June 14, 2005, at 14:35:49
> **That's my understanding. They get sort of drooly and dumb. The ones taking it for neuroprotective benefits are using very small amounts, and yes, we should be grateful that there is that aspect to lithium. We may have screwed thyroids and kidneys, but by God, our dendrites are popping!
People actually take it for neuroprotective benefits!? Interesting.
> > I'm not sure what to take. I've been on SO many drugs with no luck.
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> **What all have you taken? Let me give you my list just for grins: Elavil, tofranil, suromontil (these were all in the late 80's),then trazadone, prozac, zoloft, celexa, buspar, wellbutrin, serzone, remeron, nortriptaline, St. John's Wort, ritalin, SAM-e, Lamictal, lithium, topmax, depakote, seroquel, zyprexa, Cymbalta.How was the Topamax?
Let's see if I can do a list of my drugs... Wellbutrin, Celexa, trazodone, Effexor, Paxil, Lamictal, Ativan, desipramine, Parnate, Risperdal, Ritalin, Adderall, Provigil, lithium, Prozac (really bad idea!), Depakote, Trileptal, Klonopin, Abilify, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Cymbalta. Also St. John's Wort and omega-3s. I think that's it, but I might have forgotten one or two. Several of them I've tried multiple times.
Fun, isn't it?
I'm not sure what to do now because I still have a lot of attention and depression problems. Maybe Strattera? It seems like possibly the best choice, but I've heard it has a lot of nasty side effects, plus it seems like it often doesn't work.
> > Thanks! And- I think that we have to be tenacious-- what other choice do we have?
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> **Well, there is an alternative, but one we tenaciously refuse to give in to.
Yes, I am very well aware of that other option. I've been tenaciously battling against it for quite a while.
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