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Originally Posted by historyteach  Hi, Harry,
and welcome to the MH forum of SR! 
The doc may be waiting a bit because you've only had it for a week. It typically takes 4-8 weeks for a drug to enter into your system and become effective. Therefore, to change it after a week is not giving it time to see if it's working or not.
I've looked, and can find no reference for this med for bipolar disorder. i found it ued for other conditions, including anxiety, nausea/Vomiting, Schizophrenia, Migraine, and Psychosis though. So, it's an interesting choice. Though, I'm the first to admit, I am *not* a doctor.
Certainly ask your doc if you continue to feel unwell. But, please be patient too. It does take time for the med to work their way into your system.
Shalom! |
This medication seems to be causing me the least side effects but that seems to be mainly because it's not doing a single thing to dampen my hypomania. The only thing it does to combat it is allow me to get some sleep although, in my dreams, I'm hypomanic!
It was a duty doctor who perscribed me these pills as my doctor is away on holiday until the 19th. It's always useful to be a bit hypo over the holiday season but it quickly escalates so I'm considering seeing another doctor before then.