Bipolar Disorder Support Group

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Med Check?

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What is every one taking? Are they helping?

I am currently on 150 mg Wellbutrin (not sure if this med is working)
1mg nightly for anxiety (not working)
25 mg seroquel at night. (helps)
and 100mg Lamictal. (Not sure if this is working)

I was diagnosed about 4 months ago.

In the after noon about this time I am feeling run down. 1:09 pm. In the mornings i am fine, tend to have more of my mania there.

By night I am cranky and snappy.

What the heck???????????????/
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Have gradually titrated Seroquel from 1 x 100mg/day to 2 x 200mg/day. The best thing to reduce/avoid the chronic somnolence is to take half the dose at night before bed, to ensure rapid falling asleep, then one at lunchtime to teach your body to function on this drug while remaining awake. I find the time it takes to become effective is directly proportional to the time it takes for the side effects to wear off. So as your body tolerates it better, you may find this med serves your mind and moods better, too.
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Depakote 250 mg. w/breakfast & lunch, 500 mg bedtime (for seizures/mania), xanax 50 mcg bedtime for sleep, seroquel 100-150 mg for sleep, thyroid med & folic acid (MD says manias deplete body/brain of folic). I cannot take seroquel or xanax in daytime now or I fall asleep but had to at first due to extreme mania
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I take Valporic Acid 250mg/qd bedtime

And I was on seroquel but I ran out and I can't afford more and that is all I am currently on. My body is highly sensitive to ALL Rx's

I used to take klonopin .5mg q8hr anxiety... I still have a huga amount of anxiety but since I am not working and stay in my bedroom the only things that rattle my cage are my pets moving around which sometimes makes me feel like I am NOT ALONE... pure paranoia.
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300 mgs of Seroquel XR, timed release once a day...incredible!
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they took away my lithioum so I am often a mess!
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i take 900mg of seroquel
2,25 xanax sometimes i up it
450wellbutrin
200zoloft
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dixie you take mg of xanax isnt htat kinda high..i dontknow im not a dr just curious.
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that was suppossed to be 50 mg... i had a brain fart. :)
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300mg trileptal in the am
660mg trileptal in the pm
.5mg clonazapam for anxiety (I use from 1/4 of a pill to a whole pill depending on how bad I am)
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