I’m going to do a blog series on the meds used to treat bipolar disorder. I’ve done something similar in past entries- but this time, I’m going to talk about side effects and withdrawal possibilities.
I have a friend who had a reaction to Abilify and is now having pretty severe withdrawal symptoms to Zyprexa. This doesn’t mean the drugs are bad. It just means that getting off them has to be done very carefully!
I recently wrote about missing three doses of my Lamictal in one week (stupid!)- I had a week of bad withdrawal symptoms and I only missed a few doses. Imagine what your body is going through if you reduce the meds!
My first topic will be mood stabilizers- here is quiz- what is a mood stabilizer?
The only true mood stabilizer is lithium. There are three others used as mood stabilizers- though they were not originally created for bipolar disorder: Depakote, Tegretol and Lamictal. Lithium, Depakote and Tegretol are basicall anti mania drugs. Lamictal works especially well for depression, psychosis and rapid cycling.
If you are familiar with my work, you know how I feel about Lamictal. It changed my life.
I will write more soon.
Julie
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