Posted by morganpmiller on August 1, 2009, at 21:33:15
In reply to Re: damned if you do, damned if you don't, posted by g_g_g_unit on August 1, 2009, at 19:05:58
I'm bipolar and I took Zoloft for seven years. I would have benefitted from staying on it and maybe adding a low dose of depakote and lithium or both. Or, I should have just stayed at my 100mg dose, kept taking fish oil(btw, take your fish oil!!!), kept exercising, and kept up with therapy. Instead I got off it and opened up pandora's box.
Give SJW a try, maybe it helps, maybe not.
You might get mood stabilizing effects and some protection from a low dose of depakote and lithium(take extended release forms of both). I'm not crazy about Lamictal but many have success with it.
The key for you, if you are bipolar, is protection. You want to do whatever it takes to never ever have a major episode.
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