Mental Health: Question about depakote/ mental health..?

Question about depakote/ mental health..?I have been on a mass amount of meds over the years. They have tried lithium, geodon, abilify, resperidal, lexapro,cymbalta, ect pretty much any medication for depression/ bipolar. The issues I struggle with are impulsivity, EXTREME anger/ explosions, and EXTREME mood swings. I have been to wilderness camps, theraputic boarding schools, counseling, alternative learning centers, and am currently completely my 4th stay in Juvinile( 3 being in the past month). My arrest record list: assault, assault, truancy, delinquincy, (2) violations of county probation for failing drug screens. I failed on drug screen for thc and benzo's and yesterday failed one for cocaine, opiates, benzo's, and thc. I have recently been expelled from my 4th high school in 4 years, and I am getting ready to graduate from an ALC in one week. Still, my life has been filled with self destruction, but for some reason I have no emotion about anything. I dont seem to care about anything/ feel dead inside Suggestions? Help.

Answer by mariposa6009
My son is Bipolar and has a very hard time with medications. He has been on everything like you. He also has a very high tolerance to meds and takes more milligrams than a over-weight adult would. The only thing that has seemed to help it taking Omega-3 in large amounts along side with the medications.
Some studies show that Omega-3 can have had a effectiveness of that as medication in bipolar patience's.

Here are some links for the studies:

http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/39/2/29-a

http://www.psycheducation.org/depression/meds/Omega-3.htm

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolar.cfm


Also to let you know my son is currently taking 3000mg in the morning & 3000 at night of the Omega-3. His doctor is aware of him taking this and supports. He is still also taking his meds. Never discontinue taking meds without speaking to your doctor first.

Answer by dancingcat_98
For starts, you're what we call "dual diagnosis". You have bipolar disorder in addition to an addiction to pot and benzos. It seems you haven't been treated for both. If you're taking you're RX meds and you're still having mood swings, you need to be seen by someone else to have you're meds adjusted. As for getting help, alot depends on where you live, your insurance, and how bad you want to get better.

Talk to you're probation officer or whatever agency is handling your case about refering you to a dual diagnosis program for an evaluation.

If you have already tried this, I have to ask you?How bad to you want to get better? Alot of people like you have no reason to get better. Mom and Dad are still there to pay for their treatment, give them money, etc. They haven't really tasted the consequences of their actions. For example: they haven't been disowned, done adult time, or broken their necks in a car accident. Sometimes that's what it takes for them to get better. I really hope that's not your situation.

Answer by nicole26
Depakote has helped my brother with his rage and impulsivity. Where you using teh drugs while on the other medications? This could be why they did not work. Taking uppers and downers together will keep you unstable. YOu also need to figure out if you really want to get better or not because it seems that no matter what people do you are still using self-destructive behaviors.

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