Wow, Stig. Information like this is vitally important to us and saved me a lot of research, since I am considering getting off Depakote and going on lithium. Thanks very, very much.
depacote,was ok too much weight gain and i was on seroquel then too between the two i stayed in bed balloned to two hundred and thirty pounds and ive always been skinny or lean and mean. the doctor switched me to risperdal 8mg a day divided into two four mg doses am pm. and one dose of lamictal now 200 hundred mg's a day, and benzotripine [cogentin, i think] for muscle rigidity and pain a side effect of risperdone ie risperdal [pronounced ris-pear-dal]
the combination has helped immensely not perfect but much better.
also familiarize yourself with anti-psychiatry sites so you have a balaced view and always think critically and do like your doing research and as best you can make em prove it.. but as you may see in some of what i have written on the site, i believe that without psychiatry i could not go on living. and theres noone more mentally tough or a fighter than iam, it is an illness with many components , toughness really has nothing to do with it. my life is better on the meds and i personally will not choose to go living without them.
woo hoo ! Thanks David, Hi JB, thanks Stigs, I agree with being informed, Sometimes, the 'cure' is worse than the disease ! PS- I had Cogentin once way back, a friend gave me two HALDOL wich landed me in ER, all twisted up, from muscle contractions. It's a WONDER I made it to 52 !!!! lol.
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