Here we go for some new meds....
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Here we go for some new meds....
| Sun, 09-25-2005 - 11:10pm |
I am rid of the big monster of Depakote!!! Well, for now :) I was at 2500mg and still cycling with zypreza and trileptal! My level got so high that I couldn't retain what I was trying to read in a book anymore. Normally not bad but, being at home alone with two kids all day and homeschooling... I need to read to escape sometimes :) We decided to keep on the trileptal 300mg am and pm and SLOWLY add geodon to the mix and see what happens. I took geodon about three years ago.... one 60mg pill and I was as useful as wet spagetti for about 36hrs. It was great to knock me down so I wouldn't have to be admitted but not for normal life. I'm starting 20mg tonight and she wants to slowly build me up over the next couple of months to somewhere around 120mg. Man, I only took it about 30mins ago but I can already feel it... oh well, off to bed before I wake tomorrow with the imprint of the keyboard on my face :) I'll let y'all know how it's going since I also have to call my doc mon, wed and thurs this week to let her know how I'm tolerating it. At least this may help me start to drop some of my depakote weight. YAY! Hope all of you are having a good evening/morning :)
Brenda
Brenda

YAY Bren!!!! Did you call me yesterday?????? Always call back!!! Stupid dh told me later in the afternoon, "I think someone called you yesterday, but I don't know who". UGH! Anyway, I'm so glad you're off the Depakote...I ALWAYS cycled ON Lithium too, along WITH Topamax...it just made me more on the depressed side being on SO much mood stabilizers...adding Risperdal for me, seems to be really helping a lot. So I'm hoping adding the Geodon will help you too. I had a bad physical reaction to both Geodon and Abilify. Which sucked, cuz they're both really good a/p's.
Talk to you soon, k? Call me...cuz I don't have long distance...
Love and Hugs,
k.
Brenda
P.S. KELI!! I'm going to call you around 6pm on 9/27!