Dear Donna

Did Zoloft help with Derrick's anxiety? he is not bipolar though right, or have any affective disorder?

i take depakote for mood stabilization. i have been on it for 7 years now. but for the most part a pretty moderate dose (6-800mg). only initially, when i changed from Zyprexa as a primary stabilizer, and then last year through this spring did i take 1000+ mg for mania and mixed sx. this last year i was taking 1500mg and i actually think it contributed to increased/intractable migraines. i know it can cause all sorts of other problems too, and i was afraid to be on > 1000mg for long. i am still on 1000mg now, and would rather go down to 800, but i have an innate sense that this is necessary for now.

before (years ago), i was also taking Lamictal, which is now out of my reach. for reasons you can probably guess, i will not take any generic lamotrigine. i tried one, and it gave me nystagmus (where your eyes wiggle) bad. i know from the Epilepsy community it is one of the worst in "equivalence" meds and i simply refuse to experiment with other generics, even though i don't take it for seizures. here the doctors cannot write to the state to pay for the brand name, the way that they do in the US with ins co's. Lamictal brand is totally out of my league financially.

when taking multiple meds, it is always so tricky to tell what is causing what, or helping what, or not causing what. it is a huge problem. i think you and i both having computer/logic experience are probably quite sensitive to the issue of having too many variables in flux.

anyway, i am curious if Zoloft was helpful to Derrick for anxiety.

~ waves ~