http://www.joanslow.com Mon, 19 May 2008 20:11:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My currect medication cocktail: 800mg Lithium (Priadel) 125mg Lamotrigine 300mg Buproprion (Zyban) Buproprion Hydrocloride is very commonly used in the US, under the name Wellbutrin. In the UK however, Buproprion is only licensed as an aid to smoking cessation (under the name Zyban). This means that it is rarely prescribed, as doctors have ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2008/buproprion/ For my Man's Birthday, I wanted to make him a cake. The question is, what cake do you make for a through and through geek? The answer came in the form of a computer game called Portal. Now, I have played very little of the game, but I do know ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2008/the-cake-is-not-a-lie/ In response to my complete lack of posting recently (Had too much else to worry about) comes a round-up post to bring everything back up to date. Firstly, I am no longer a student. After five years I am now the proud holder of a 3yr BSc in Biochemistry, 2:2. It's ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2007/changes/ Ok, so I never know what my boyfriend's doing, and mostly he doesn't either, but he does use these calandar applications, so I'm looking for one that I can use to put what I'm doing in, and be able to also see his. He uses iCal. The problem is that I'm ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2007/online-calandars/ Apparantly, according to my consultant, we have exhausted the possibilities of 3 drugs at once, and have therefore moved onto 4. These being 1g Lithium, 75mg Lamotrigine, 20mg Clomipramine and 20mg Prozac (Fluoxetine). Reducing the dose of Clomipramine has certainly helped a lot with the side effects. I can think a ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2007/and-then-there-were-4/ Appologies for the lack of updates for the past few months. I've been having a fairly terrible time with the depression, and that kinda saps your enthusiasm for pretty much everything else. So here's a quick update on the medication situation. After coming off the olanzepine, we increased the dose of clomipramine ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2007/new-year-same-old-jo/ Increasing the olanzepine caused an increase in side effects, with no noticeable improvement in my mood, so I've come off it cold turkey, as recommended by my consultant. So far I haven't noticed a drop in my food cravings, but I do seem to have acquired a permanent and rather ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2006/olanzepine-is-no-more/ My mood is up and down at the moment like the proverbial yo-yo, and as a result my consultant has asked me to increase my olanzepine dose to 5mg daily. We're trying to prove that it won't help so we can abandon it for good. Of course, it might help, ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2006/olanzepine-and-blueberry-pancakes/ So the happiness lasted about 4 weeks, and now I'm back to the old familiar feeling of hating life, and struggling to cope. The current drug changes are to increase the dose of clomipramine, as much as my body will tollerate. I'm currently on 40 mg daily, and the main ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2006/more-drug-changes-theres-a-surprise/ For the first time in forever, I am happy. Something in my drug combination has kicked in (Lithium, Clomipramine and olanzepine) and I'm happy. I have energy, I have concentration, although it's still a bit below normal, and I have motivation. So things are currently rosy in the Jo camp at ... http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2006/happiness/