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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   I am currently on 7.5 mg olanzapine and 1250 mg divalproex sodium (brand name   
   Epival in Canada and Depakote in the USA) nightly. On Wednesday I met with my   
   psychiatrist and asked him to switch me from Epival to Lamictal since the   
   Epival has been causing gradual hair loss and gradual weight gain. He put me   
   off, saying that Lamictal is not a good mood stabilizer for bipolar type 1   
   and that I should get my family doctor to refer me to a dermatologist about   
   the hair loss. However it is my understanding from online research that   
   Lamictal is a good mood stabilizer, so I think he just doesn't want to bother   
   with the switch, especially since I have been doing well on the current   
   medication regimen for the last 5.5 years. Have any of you had good   
   experiences with Lamictal for bipolar type 1?   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “Yonder stands your orphan with his gun/Crying like a fire in the sun/Look   
   out the saints are comin' through/And it's all over now, Baby Blue" (Dylan)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)