Anyone have schizoaffective bipolar type and not take mood stablizer

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Been thinking my life would improve dramatically if i only took my ability and not the lamictal I feel like the lamictal takes away my personality

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Abilify is a powerful mood stabilizer. All of the second generation AP’s are powerful mood stabilizers.

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That’s what I’ve been saying I think adding the lamictal is over kill in mY opinion

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That should be up to your pdoc to decide IMO.

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Talk to your pdoc about it. I recently got my diagnosis switched to schizoaffective bipolar type, but I only take my Geodon still. It acts as a mood stabilizer as well as an antipsychotic. I still feel like I have my personality. I’m just a more manageable version of myself now.

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I’m on 1000 mg of Depakote every night for the bipolar portion of my schizoaffective disorder. I’ve never had a complaint with the med, and thus have never been tempted to skip it.

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I’m on 100mgs lamictal

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I have sza with strong depressive moods and occasionally hypomania. I take two AP’S one of which also works as mood stabiliser/antidepressant and usually it works well.

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I used to take lithium, now I take 1500 mg depakote

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Me too I am trying to lower my Depakote. Something in my cocktail was making me very tight, emotionless too, depressed too. I ended up by deciding its not only my illness, which makes me emotionless… I also have bad ‘‘inside’’ tremors and I think it could be more the Depakote than the ap. Be careful though, but me too I think that those mood stabilizers are tough… They also never helped my anxiety, which is a hard part for me, cause I am stuck in the house. Maybe just try lowering the dose carefully and see. Aps can make the rest of the job in fact too, yeap.
For me, its a very hard thing to live without emotions. Its just not a life, so I hear you…

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I take Lamictal for deja vu

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:face_with_raised_eyebrow: Why do you take meds for deja vu? Is that a symptom? I thought that was normal, happening to everyone. Does it work, at least?

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I have extreme deja vu
Double deja vu, multiple ones etc

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I have sza bipolar type, I used to take mood stabilizers (Lithium, Lamotrigine: both seperate & in combination) but I do fine without them. Abilify + Seroquel or Zyprexa controls the mood swings well enough for me without messing with my personality or head too much.

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I can’t function without Depakote.
My diagnoses are SZA/bipolar

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I have depressive type. I can take or leave my lithium as I don’t feel any different without it, but my mom insists that I need it, so I take it. No use messing with it now anyway, as I am stable and just in case the lithium actually is helping, I’d rather not rock the boat.

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