Posted by panthers!!! on June 16, 2005, at 15:25:40
In reply to Supplements/ low metabolism-Larry Hoover /anyone, posted by andromeda on June 15, 2005, at 11:51:05
Hi there! I saw your post today and I had some info that may be helpful in your BPII, my son has that, BPD and Asperger's Syndrome (Autism spectrum Disorder, mild). However, he is on Lamictal and it helps. He is also on trileptal, another anti-s. medicine, and that seems to help. Do you take the Lamictal all at once, or split it? It works better seemingly when we started dividing the doses into 3 separate divided doses. Same with the Trileptal. Some info on this on th web, but look for the more of the studies done recently. The other meds he is on is Risperdal, and that really helps with the mood swings and dips and ups. Clonidine is a mild blood pressure med, however he is taking it as he was having some emotional issues, and we may take him off that, maybe not.
I know it sounds like a lot of meds, but he has not talked about suicide (he was also in Behavioral rehabil.)or had any major issues in the year he started taking this particular combo. He was on others and they did not help- Lexapro made him more depressed and manic and suicidal, so we immediately took that away. Abilify was alright, but mostly used for depression, not mania.
It has taken a while, but if you do have a MD prescribing meds for you, you may want to ask about those first mentioned as they have really helped and we just adjust and monitor Milligrams depending on his progress.
Hope this helps!
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