I am on Depakote and I question it seriously. Ill try lower dose now but I really cant think on some of my meds and ill try to reduce the Depakote now… it doesn’t go away,its been 4 months that I am on Depakote… I never experiences mania so ill see if ill handle the job with a lower dose of this stabilizer… I have anger and irritability issues but when I am on Depakote they are still in me, its just that I seem calmer by outside so it doesn’t really help here neither…
Hi Anna, sorry to hear that you are still struggling, I take a mood stabilizer and while I have been told that I need it, I think it gives me a lousy quality of life. Like depakote it makes my memory bad and I don’t feel like doing much other than lying around on the couch. maybe ask if you can try Lamictal, it might not be the right one for you but I think its got a lot less side effects than depakote
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thanks for your answer @MeghillaGorilla1, ill see what I am gonna to do,yeap 
its harsh cause I wasn’t feeling well at all. i still try to figure from what it is. is it my Depakote or the Zyprexa. so first, ill try to reduce the Depakote to see… you take it for what symptoms? me, cause i cry too much without it but maybe a smaller dose will be ok… plus, i am more afraid of my passivity and something in my trt worsens this…but i am really desperate, i am not sure ill succeed to break this passivity one day. i try it since 15 years…
cool, the other thing I wanted to tell you is that your loss of emotions and feeling empty is emotional I think. I had the same thing, and prozac helps me a lot. It comes from feeling helpless for a long time. This is a very difficult illness and you’re not alone in struggling with it. Tell your doctor you feel depressed.
the real term for it is “demoralized” I have it too.
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I take it for depression/mood stabilization. It makes my memory bad and I have trouble finding words when Im taking but I’m less depressed.
and the Zyprexa wont give me good emotions thats it @MeghillaGorilla1? i count so much on it… i hated Zoloft the last time. it made me even more paranoid than normal. the Depakote i took it for 7 months too. and i dont feel less depressed at all…
I don’t know @Anna1, I’m obviously not a doctor, but if you are on this site, like me you probobly don’t want to stop taking the zyprexa. Or, at the very least maybe you need to talk to your doctor about switching to a new Atypical.
I have no experience with zyprexa, I am afraid of the weight gain that everyone says it has. I take one called Latuda, its not terrible, maybe a new one would be better for you.
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ive just spent trying all the atypicals and typicals here for the last 7 years. my ex pdoc was a good doctor, she wasn’t seeing an improvement on all the others. she said to stop me on Zyprexa. but you know, i think she believed also that ill never recover… i dont respond well at none of the meds…thats maybe the truth…
i give a ■■■■ about the weight gain in fact, i suffer too much
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As you know, I’m on a low dose of Depakote @Anna1.
It’s a good med to even moods out and keep things even keel.
If you are having trouble with your meds talk to your pdoc.
Good luck Anna!
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well, hang in there. It sucks i know. Sometimes all you can do is hold on and hope for better days. then you have good days too. I don’t know why God chose us to struggle, had this long conversation with my therapist today. Well, everybody got something I guess
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what is your dose wave? thats what i say. i dont say i dont need a stabilizer but mabe in a bigger dose, i suffer too much…
I’m on 500mg @Anna1
Anything higher and it will probably start messing with my liver.
i was on 1250 for 4 months in fact. and me to i start to find that its too much… i am not bipolar so maybe a small dose will be fine for me too
Yeah maybe you can use a lower dose.
Ask your pdoc.
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ok, thanks
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@Vertigo glad to see you back.
I’ve been there crying all day, every day. What helped was drinking a full glass of water first thing after I woke up. Opening all the curtains, drapes, blinds, and shades in the house to let the light in the entire house even though all I wanted to do was sit in bed in the dark. Try to keep busy that makes for less time for crying and dwelling on how badly you are feeling. Do something with your hands like a puzzle, knit, needlepoint, coloring book, pet the cat… it keeps you occupied for a while. Write a list of 3 things you are greatful for, then 3 things that make or made you happy.
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@Anna1 zoloft was no good for me too. It helped at 1st but then I got really depressed and zombie like. I’m now on lamictal and wellbutrin. Last week my pdoc just prescribed another PRN mood stabilizer/AP in addition to my current mood stabilizer/AP Saphris. So far all these med combo is working this week has been the most productive in months, I feel a lot better
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I need to reconsider my meds at the next appointment too. Something’s not working here and I’m going up and down again.
I remember I once used lamictal but I didn’t feel anything. Might try it again.