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>Hi folks: >I don’t know if I can ever win…(sorry..self pitty..) My Depakote, >which is only 325mg per day, plus my 75mg of Effexor at bedtime has >helped in some way…at least I sleep.(Mind you…has anybody noticed >having VERY weird dreams while one Depakote. I seem to have these >dreams..almost like nightmares,,that just go on and on…) I really >don’t know what to do..I have gained 5 pounds just in two days..and that >is VERY unlike me. I am sorry..I am one of those WHO WILL not tolerate >weight gain as part of an ad/asdp support program. I REFUSE to grow to >be some fat, depressed lazy jerk. Sorry if I am ranting…I don’t mean

S you are one of those who would rather die an incredibly miserable SOB with a slim figure than do some thing to help yourself. Let me tell you something. There is only ONE mood stabilizer that <tends> to cause weight loss, and every single other one causes weight gain more often than not. Many people end up with no weight gain, but you aren’t going to give yourself the chance to find out if it could be you. Get your priorities straight. Bipolar is a fatal illness, didn’t you know? Keith

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Don’t worry…side affect with DEpakote will go away…it isworth it.  Yes you do gain weight….may have to watch what you eat from now one.  Dep. saved my hide.  Am on 1500 a day and need more actually.  You’ll make it.  Effexor I couldn’t take…coukldn’t look at sun or light.

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Hi folks: >I don’t know if I can ever win…(sorry..self pitty..) My Depakote, >which is only 325mg per day, plus my 75mg of Effexor at bedtime has >helped in some way…at least I sleep.(Mind you…has anybody noticed >having VERY weird dreams while one Depakote. I seem to have these >dreams..almost like nightmares,,that just go on and on…) I really >don’t know what to do..I have gained 5 pounds just in two days..and that >is VERY unlike me. I am sorry..I am one of those WHO WILL not tolerate >weight gain as part of an ad/asdp support program. I REFUSE to grow to >be some fat, depressed lazy jerk. Sorry if I am ranting…I don’t mean >to hurt anybody. It’s just..well….ANOTHER letdown. Also, those long >nightmare’ish >dreams REALLY freak the HELL out of me…I have never had that before. >So, I am left with my Trazedone and Clonazepam…for tonight…I think I >may just take those to see what happens. I just kind of miss the >"immediate" effect Depakote had on my sleep…..but…the nightmares >weren’t really worth it. >Anyways, if anybody can relate…please contact me…

I’m currently fighting not to gain weight on Lithium. I’m dieting and excercising and it is working. Maybe I’m even losing a little, which would be great (I put on about a stone having my kids). It’s hard, but in a way it’s easy, because the answer is there in front of me. Some of the other things about being bipolar do not have such easy answers. Sympathy Jackie Web page at http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/close/xhq10/mem.htm I’ve been Jay H, Canarybird, Empty Cage, Serin, Phoenix, even Crow. Let’s see if I can stick with this one for a while.

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Hi folks: I don’t know if I can ever win…(sorry..self pitty..) My Depakote, which is only 325mg per day, plus my 75mg of Effexor at bedtime has helped in some way…at least I sleep.(Mind you…has anybody noticed having VERY weird dreams while one Depakote. I seem to have these dreams..almost like nightmares,,that just go on and on…) I really don’t know what to do..I have gained 5 pounds just in two days..and that is VERY unlike me. I am sorry..I am one of those WHO WILL not tolerate weight gain as part of an ad/asdp support program. I REFUSE to grow to be some fat, depressed lazy jerk. Sorry if I am ranting…I don’t mean to hurt anybody. It’s just..well….ANOTHER letdown. Also, those long nightmare’ish dreams REALLY freak the HELL out of me…I have never had that before. So, I am left with my Trazedone and Clonazepam…for tonight…I think I may just take those to see what happens. I just kind of miss the "immediate" effect Depakote had on my sleep…..but…the nightmares weren’t really worth it. Anyways, if anybody can relate…please contact me… Thanks.. James:-) — "Some are born to rule the world- To live their fantasy. But most of us just dream about The things we’d like to be Sadder still to watch it die Then to never have to known it… For you the blind, who once could see.. The bell tolls for thee.." Neil Peart "Losing It" (With an ode to E. Hemingway) Remember "Life is a Highway"? Visit Tom Cochrane’s Official Homepage www.tomcochrane.ca

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