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drug question.

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what are depakote, lithium, lamictal, risperdal and seroquel used for?
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depakote and lithiam and lamictal are all mood stabalizers
resperadal is anti psych used for psychotic episodes,hearing or seeing things that arent there
and serequal calms us down...used like valium and also inlarge doses as a sleep med
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depakote lithium and lamictal are used for mood stabalizers in the BP world. They do have other functions but thats thier main goal in BP

I would recomend going to a well known site like webmd or I know there are a few others and educating your self about the meds and thier side affects. I find that the compainies that make them and other sited dedicated to giving information really explain them best... including ALL the things that they are used for... Like Depakote is used in seizure control....
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I have actually been on reseridal as an anti depressant and I dont have psychotic episodes
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Depakote, lithium and lamictal are all mood stablizers.
Depakote was originally proscribed as an anti-seizure medicattion, but is used alot more for mood. Risperodol AND SEROQUEL are classified as anti-psychotics which can be used for psychosis, sedation or for sleep.
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my psychiatrist just put me on depakote. originally i think she wanted to put me on risperdal or seroquel because she thought i was having agitation. then i don't know what i said so she said she was going to give me depakote...i think she said that depakote and lithium are for mixed episodes or rapidly changing mood swings...and i asked what lamictal is for and she said it's for mixed episodes with more depressive symptoms. did i understand her correctly?
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well what you just said falls inline with what my doctor prescribbed... the depakote and the lithium worked well for me and my mix and rapid cycling but I couldnt take the side affects.... Im on lamictal now.. I havent changed Im still the rapid cylcer and mixed person how ever when she chose the lamictal she was thinking I was more of a Depressed BP... She is starting to understand that my down days arent always depressed but pain related which in and of its self if depressing.

So sounds like you said em about right
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Look them up on Wikipedia or

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