Question:
I was diagnosed as BiPolar and my previous doctor wasn't truly treating
my BiPolar disorder with any particular medications, for BiPolar
disorder, as far as I could tell. I was, and am still taking Xanax,
.25mg, 3 times a day or as needed (Normally 2 - 3 a day is what I
take.) I am also taking Klonopin, but, a much lower dose than my
prior doctor originally prescribed for me and with his ok. I take
.5mg before going to bed and it does, normally, help me sleep a little
longer and possibly better. At my first appointment with the new doctor, he spent about 1/2 hour
with me, just basically discussing the BiPolar matter and decided I
should stay with the meds I was currently taking, but, also added
200mg of Carbamazepine or Tegretol to my medications. I have been
checking the web and have found that Tegretol is used to treat BiPolar
in some cases, but, I have found virtually nothing from actual individuals using Tegretol for BiPolar.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Any medications that are
working for others out there would be of interest, too. I obviously
realize that no one medication is going to be right to treat everyone...
Answer:
i was put on carbemazepine bout 9 months ago as a mood
stabiliser - an augmentation for my antidepressents. However, i'm not
diagnosed bipolar, just chronicly depressed with personality disorder. Erm
well it hasn't helped me with the depression one iota, but then again i
don't know what part of the manic/depressive cycle yu're at - it might work
for mania i don't know (?). All i know is that now i'm on it, its gonna be
very hard to get off it because when i miss a couple of doses my internal
thoughts get very loud and intrusive, as if someone's turned up the volume
on my subconcious, kind of trippy and its horrible.
My docs tell me it could be responsible for making me so damn lazy and
lethargic and anhedonic... i have no idea now where the side effects of my
meds start and the depression ends.
