Showing posts with label bipolar medications. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bipolar medications. Show all posts

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Medications: Share, Give Advice, Ask Questions

So, let's talk meds!
anticonvulsant mood stabiliziers:

Tegretol
Trileptal
Depakote
Neurontin
Lamictal
Topamax

antidepressant medications:

Prozac
Zoloft
Paxil
Luvox
Celexa
Lexapro
Wellbutrin
Effexor
Serzone
Tofranil
Elavil
Nardil
Parnate
Cymbalta

antipsychotic medications:

Thorazine
Haldol
Clozaril
Seroquel
Zyprexa
Risperdal
Abilify
Geodon

antianxiety/anxiolytic medications

BuSpar - General Anxiety Disorder

Benzos: Valium, Librium, Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin - stress-related anxiety

Ambien, Desyrel, Restoril, Halcion - stress-related initial insomnia

Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin - Panic Disorder

Inderal - Social Phobia

Anafranil - OCD

Inderal - PTSD

So, my experience of meds goes like this: Lithium did not work, I felt too numb, had many side effects even on the smallest dose, had feelings and thoughts that could not express - Discontinued

Trileptal - no side effects, works fine, I never notice its effect though

Geodon - such a small dose so no side effects, I don't even know why I'm still taking it

Ativan - addictive but works as a charm, however, when I honestly thought, what would be hard for me to give up, it was this benzo...

Seroquel - side effects come and go but you know what, keeps me pretty stable, though I lower and increase doses


What's your story? :)