EXTENDED PHENYTOIN SODIUM vs TOPIRAMATE

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**TL;DR at bottom** For context: I've been married to my wife for ~10 years and we're a mixed-race couple (I'm Asian and she's Caucasian). I've gotten along with her family (MIL, BIL, SIL), but I always felt like her FIL and other SIL (Sarah) never liked me. I'm a professionally trained chef with 15

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Obligatory long time reader, first time poster, on mobile yada yada. This is a story of MC that a previous boss had done, but involved me directly as will be explained. Timeframe is early 2000s for reference. In my late high school / early college years, I had a job doing telemarketing work during

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Hi all, I know this is a common question/topic of discussion here but I’m so frustrated and I’m looking for any help. I’m currently on 1200 lithium and 150 lamictal. Started 50 topiramate once a night 3 1/2 weeks ago, have seen no results, no change in appetite, nothing. I was diagnosed a year ago

So my husband turned 28 today. It's his first birthday since we got married, his first birthday in years when all our friends can hang out, he has the day off, we have our own place, and generally everything is good. Only problem is that this morning I woke up with my mania coming to a screeching ha

Hi everyone, if you’re reading this, thank you. From the deepest I can, I appreciate you. I ***finally*** got my diagnosis on the 30th of September after many years of confusion, seeing multiple counselors, therapists, doctors and psychiatrists. Earlier in the month I voluntarily spent a week in th

Hey all! I started noticing significant shedding of my hair about six months after upping my dose of topiramate to 75 mg/day. It seemed to get worse when I switched generic brands to Teva and right now about 2/3 of my hair is gone. Literally clumps were falling out on my floors and I was cleaning

It’s a mixture of bad choices influenced by a depression episode and reasons out of my control. I was fit last summer during a hypomanic episode then I went through a following depression episode last fall/winter and gained 30lb through binge eating. Hovered there. Then got meds adjusted to change t

As of late I have found it very hard to get out of the house. I can get up, shower, eat but when it finally comes time to leave; I just can’t. Going to the store is no problem, but getting out to go do something is seemingly impossible. I’ve recently went under some pretty drastic medication changes