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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 23594" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>Ok...do you want my take as an adult with the more depressive end of bipolar?</p><p></p><p>I have been trialed on a couple of AP's and I dont like them. They tried Geoden and Seroquel on me. I wont take the others because of the massive weight gain potential. Seroquel was bad enough.</p><p></p><p>The AP's simply dont help me. I do have an anxiety component to my illness but I like an antianxiety medication better than anything else. It works, that is what it was made for and I have never had to increase my dose. Getting state docs to understand this is like talking to a brick wall. They are very set in their way of thinking and have a set agenda of what medication regimen they want to use for what disorder. </p><p></p><p>Try getting the notes from the other hospital showing his depression or see if that hospital would speak with that psychiatrist about what they saw as depression. </p><p></p><p>I will be honest...I would worry about him being on both zoloft and wellbutrin at the same time because of something called Seretonin Syndrome. Im not completely sure if lamictal would increase the chance of it or not but I tried to take lamictal and wellbutrin together to stop smoking and got incredibly sick. Of course, Im on a much higher dose of lamictal but SS is bad. Read up on it online. That may be what the doctor is worried about.</p><p></p><p>If you really dont like the course of treatment, then do some research and find out what you think he should be on and take it in. I have pitched fits before and finally got my way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 23594, member: 1514"] Ok...do you want my take as an adult with the more depressive end of bipolar? I have been trialed on a couple of AP's and I dont like them. They tried Geoden and Seroquel on me. I wont take the others because of the massive weight gain potential. Seroquel was bad enough. The AP's simply dont help me. I do have an anxiety component to my illness but I like an antianxiety medication better than anything else. It works, that is what it was made for and I have never had to increase my dose. Getting state docs to understand this is like talking to a brick wall. They are very set in their way of thinking and have a set agenda of what medication regimen they want to use for what disorder. Try getting the notes from the other hospital showing his depression or see if that hospital would speak with that psychiatrist about what they saw as depression. I will be honest...I would worry about him being on both zoloft and wellbutrin at the same time because of something called Seretonin Syndrome. Im not completely sure if lamictal would increase the chance of it or not but I tried to take lamictal and wellbutrin together to stop smoking and got incredibly sick. Of course, Im on a much higher dose of lamictal but SS is bad. Read up on it online. That may be what the doctor is worried about. If you really dont like the course of treatment, then do some research and find out what you think he should be on and take it in. I have pitched fits before and finally got my way. [/QUOTE]
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