"manic bi-polarism for 7  years.  know i&#039;m a type &quot;a&quot; person,  depokote, effexer, zanix.  i come from the medical field, lab and had seen people come in for blood work on everything from lithium to thorazine.  i have (with m.d. agreement) backed down from 500mg er depokote, to 250mg er every evening along with a sleeping pill. the sleeping pill is new, so next time i will give the name.  when &quot;they&quot; found me, i was so gone into what we call our &quot;black hole&quot;. i truly have no idea what all they tried....but the depakote, according to my wife (nurse for 34 yrs)
was my marriage and life saver."