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Positive Experiences with Bipolar Disorder
Medications Change
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Epival1,563 posts
Fewer patient posts reported that Epival helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder (15% lower than average of other Bipolar Disorder treatments)
Depakote
Fewer patient posts reported that Depakote helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder (8% lower than average of other Bipolar Disorder treatments)
Seroquel
More patient posts reported that Seroquel helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder (33% higher than average of other Bipolar Disorder treatments)
Lamictal
More patient posts reported that Lamictal helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder (59% higher than average of other Bipolar Disorder treatments)
Effexor
An average number of patient posts reported that Effexor helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder
Tegretol
Fewer patient posts reported that Tegretol helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder (10% lower than average of other Bipolar Disorder treatments)
Valproic Acid
Fewer patient posts reported that Valproic Acid helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder (11% lower than average of other Bipolar Disorder treatments)
Clonazepam
Fewer patient posts reported that Clonazepam helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder (17% lower than average of other Bipolar Disorder treatments)
Wellbutrin
An average number of patient posts reported that Wellbutrin helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder
Paxil
Fewer patient posts reported that Paxil helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder (6% lower than average of other Bipolar Disorder treatments)
Risperdal
An average number of patient posts reported that Risperdal helped them when used for Bipolar Disorder
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Epival Top Concerns
Based on 1,563 patient discussions on healthcare websites and blogs
I've only tried the bupropion and epival before. I never had the tremors though. How well do they work for you? What...
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I'm on Epival (from what I understand it's the same as Depakote). ...highest dose). And I felt the same way, the anxiety over gaining weight was pretty...
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...on prozac and a month ago started Epival. First I was taking olanzapine and prozac and ...a month. So I stopped the olanzapine and kept on Prozac alone.
Now Im taking Epival and feeling better,...
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...med, punching walls and stuff; carbamazapine, did nothing, Lamotrigine just gave me the rash, and finally Epival which i've been on for about a year and...
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...my son fever is over. i ...antibiotec course. now he is taking epival 4cc BD. and a ...should i decrease the epival dose ? which medicine ,ll help him to cure his vertical nystagmus. .his loo...
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I'm not on lamictal, but I'm on epival which is another anticonvulsant that they use for bipolar. If you have bipolar I would say try it, if you don't then I would question why you're being told...
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...of hair fall due to epival..iv experienced and being a female ...5 years after even changing epival..im using topamax now but my hair ...but invain...i dun thnk the hair loss is...
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...to get more agitated. I have tried epival and tegretol.
So is it ...like severe adhd to me) no depression.
If other drugs don't ...you have tried treating the cyclothymia like ADHD in the...
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...you can make dosage adjustment and have lab rec for lithium levels? I also got manic while on Epival, but there was an anti depressant in the picture at the time. Of...
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I take Epival for my BP. It kills my depression, dead. A few days after my dose was upped to my current level, my depression lifted. When I accidentally missed some of my doses for three days in...
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