meds for rapid cycling?~~

I'm BPII, ultra-rapid / ultraradian cycling.

Lamictal 100 mg (very low dose) works for me without any side effects.     I haven't had a mood swing since starting this dose (34 days ago).  I have never been stable before - not even as a kid.

Now I'm a stay-at-home momma!  I couldn't take care of my son before.  He is almost 3 and had lived with my parents since he was about 6 months old.  I always wanted to do this, but I couldn't because of the BP.

I can't explain how happy I am.  It's very strange to feel this way outside of hypomania.  It's good - even better than hypomania, because I know it will last. 

There is hope out there. 

Careful greentea! Remember that we are here to help, but we can't "decide" that you are anything. Even if we were doctors we wouldn't do that on a message bored. I cycle very rapidly and am very frequently in a mixxed state. I am up to 37.5 mg lamictal and have started to see some benefits. Lamictal does not help so much with tru mania, but it keeps mood a little more stable. Specifically it helps a lot with the depressed mood. For me this is great since my depression is very bad and kicks in very quickly. Lamictal is a good starting place, and it apparently has the fewest major side effects for many people, so I'd bring it up to your pdoc, but there are so many more drugs out there you should be open to.

thats true, tainted.. i just meant that most people who have rapid cycling i've talked to are on lamictal..
i'll keep an open mind to other suggestions if they're not unreasonably expensive..
and thats good that treatment has helped the desire to self-medicate - i know that when my mood swings are frequent i am more likely to do so~~

take care and thanks for sharing with me~~

Yes - but it is one of the less expensive ones, I think.  I was on Lamictal and Abilify for a while - $800 a month!

Abilify is what I take and it is a very good mood stabilizer, there is also risperdol, but I gained weight on it. Though not everybody does.

Hugs, Karen