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pal · 11-02-2007, 06:34 AM

Bethann,glad you've got a good pdoc. that's the first step, and it's a big one. I'm taking Seroquel with really good results.

My pdoc said I was bi-polar and wanted to put me on lithium...but I knew myself pretty well, and knew my medical and emotional history and felt pretty sure I was having emotional roller coaster due to hormones (I was going through menopause, but had no other big emotional/personal issues that were upsetting me.) So I wasn't really eager to try a mood stabilizer either. But I could recognize that I was having big unexplained mood swings and needed some help.

So we settled on trying Seroquel. Worked like a switch. But I could tell the dose was too strong at first (zoombie effect, I also was t-i-r-e-d!! at first, but that went away when I got used to the drug). Try lowering your dosage and seeing what happens. I finally found that all I need is 12.5 mg grams twice a day, and I stay in the stable zone without the side effects. This is the smallest tablet that's made, which I split in half and take morning and night. The stuff works over about 8 hours, one table a day worked pretty well, but worked slightly better if I took it twice a day. This is a incredibly small dose, and not the usual way it's perscribed.

I too have had the cranky/angry episodes. (Like I turn into the Mean Hulk.) I see a total correlation to what my blood sugar is doing. When I forget my meds I get an immediate drop in mood (which usually reminds me I missed the meds!) and dip right into the depressed side of the spectrum, which for a long time I figured was my usual way of looking at life (never had big highs, would also say I was more "mixed").

Once I got on the seroquel, I found out I was generally pretty positive and upbeat. To me my moods are really related to the PCOS. Let me know what your pdoc says about this. I figure the drug company will be thrilled to learn there's a new market for their drug! Let me know how you're doing, too!