just wondering what everyone takes

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just wondering what everyone takes
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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 9:03am

i am not trying to pry, i'm just curious as to what meds everyone takes. Also wondering about the side effects of the meds.

I take
Lexapro 10-20mg, depending on how i feel. usually take it at night because it makes me so sluggish during the day

klonopin 0.5mg supposed to be 3 times a day, but another one that knocks me out.

seroquel 400mg at bedtime, puts me in a coma just about

prolixin (just knowing as a nurse what this is makes me FEEL crazy) 3mg at bedtime. I think it gives me gas. I have taken all the other meds before, but this one is new and omg do i have gas. LOL~!~

Lauren

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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 9:28am

I take Neurontin, 300 mg in the morning and 300-600 at night, usually 600. Gotta take that or I can't get to sleep at all.

I also take Geodon, 60 mg in the morning and 80 at night

I take 1 mg of ativan prn- usually find myself taking it at night

And, occasionally to sleep, I also take 20 mg Ambien

My bipolar is pretty well under control, but I still have a lot of trouble sleeping. Waah!

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Beth "Petrouchka"

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Registered: 04-06-2005
Thu, 02-23-2006 - 1:45pm

I only take lamictal....makes me sleepy and makes my brain think i'm hungry 24/7.

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Fri, 02-24-2006 - 10:20am

I take Lithium (ext release) 450mg twice a day, Wellbutrin XL

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 02-24-2006 - 10:43am

10 mg Lexapro
100 mg Seroquel

I'm kind of "new" so I'm not sure if this is it for me or not!

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Fri, 02-24-2006 - 12:05pm
I take abilify, topamax and cymbalta.
 
 
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Registered: 11-18-2003
Fri, 02-24-2006 - 12:26pm

i take 500mgs of depakote, 15mgs of zyprexa, 300mgs of wellbutrin, 50mgs of trazodone as needed,

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Sat, 02-25-2006 - 9:36am

I am taking Lithium (1200mg) Lamictal (200mg)but I dont think its doing anything at all and Lunesta (2mg), but my insurance wont cover Lunesta anymore either, and its the ONLY sleep med that doesnt knock me into a coma for days, so I am saving those for super manic days...and even then I dont use them sometimes, I was taking Wellbutrin(150mg) but I cant afford it and my insurance wont cover it so Im not anymore, and I dont notice much of a difference without it. The only side effects I have are from the Lithium and thats only that its hard to read because I cant really focus on the words or concentrate for very long. The Lamictal gives me a monster headache if I miss a dose though...ugh thats the worst. As for if they are working....I am not even close to stable,and I cycle incessantly but its better than before my meds...so I guess they are working somewhat, just not good enough.

Rebekah

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Sun, 02-26-2006 - 11:55pm

Sorry I'm late. The kids were insane this week so I am just now catching up on the whole week's board.


I'm only on 40 mg Celexa (recently upped) and 1 mg Risperdal. I'm stopping the Risperdal, though. It's not really helping and it's making me frantically hungry 24/7 and too tired to function. (Yesterday I slept almost 17 hours and I was STILL tired. Happens a lot, but not so much before I was on it.) I don't have my pdoc OR tdoc yet but only a regular doc who doesn't like to prescribe meds for BP because it's not his specialty. Totally respectable and understandable. But my new tdoc has made me wait a month because of rescheduling conflicts. If she makes me reschedule again I'm going to find a new tdoc. My tdoc appt (initial) is 7 Mar and my initial pdoc appt is 14 Mar. I'm nervous, but excited. I just don't like starting over with all new docs. Since I've been in South Dakota (3 years and almost 3 months) I've had 5 different p/t-docs. Grr. I hate having to start over each time. But oh well. Better to start over and get the story straight. Problem is, story changes a little each time based on whether I'm hypomanic or depressed. Does anybody else get that problem?


Anyway... Good question, Lauren.

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Registered: 11-08-2004
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 9:08am
I'm on 60 mg of Prozac, 450mg of Wellbutrin, 60 mg of Geodon, and I'm on the third week of a starter pack of Lamictal (currently at 50mg).

 

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Registered: 02-22-2006
Mon, 02-27-2006 - 3:03pm
I just had my meds bumped up to 300 effexor and 300 of lithobid

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