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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Dec 15, 2018, David Dalton wrote   
   (in article<0001HW.21C4CCEA001D6DDB700003C092CF@news.eternal-september.org>):   
      
   > 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?   
      
   (either you or any of your patients)   
      
   --   
   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)