carolineleigh’s Profile
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About Me
"Let your clarity define you." ~ Rob Thomas
Interests
literature (Kerouac, Vonnegut, Hunter Thompson, Dickens, and Austen to start), music (from Tchaikovsky to Sara Evans and many things in between), politics, writing, children, hockey, languages, all the workings of the human mind and body
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Support Groups
Close Bipolar Disorder
Treatments
- Abilify Working / Worked
- seems to be pretty effective at controlling a lot of my manic symptoms
- Clonazepam Working / Worked
- good at controlling both insomnia and anxiety
- Cytomel Working / Worked
- good adjunct to antidepressant therapy
- Depakote Too Soon to Tell
- discontinued because of intense stomach cramping
- Equetro Working / Worked
- discontinued because of extreme sleepiness
- Geodon Somewhat Helpful
- discontinued because my hair was falling out in clumps
- Holistic Health Not Working
- didn't experience any changes in mood or wellness
- Invega Working / Worked
- discontinued due to high serum prolactin levels
- Lamictal Working / Worked
- good response with no side effects
- Lithium Working / Worked
- discontinued because of acne, weight gain, and inability to drive
- Risperdal Working / Worked
- discontinued because of weight gain
- Seroquel Somewhat Helpful
- discontinued because of drowsiness
- Tegretol Working / Worked
- discontinued because of extreme sleepiness
- Topamax Working / Worked
- discontinuing because of cognitive impairment
- Trileptal Working / Worked
- had a very bad allergic reaction
- Wellbutrin Not Working
- made me manic
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