It sounds like you need a new doctor to help you wean off some of your meds, and find the right diagnosis and drug that will really help you
I will pray for you that this can happen!
Take care!
Susie

I am new to this site, but I’m thinking that you’re looking for a “mood stabilizer?” I have medication resistant Major Depressive Disorder. I’ve been through 18 rounds of ECTs and also 9wks of TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) treatments. I have been on at least 15 different anti-depressants over the last 26yrs and the only one that gave me any kind of relief is a medication called Remron 45mg! And as far as mood stabilizers go, I take 300mg of Seroquel along with my Remron and it seems to work pretty good. I know outcomes of treatment are different for everyone, but hopefully my share helps somebody out there 😊 Best of luck to you!

hi there...'scusa...ima gonna butt in quickly...😮😮 i did not know that gaba was rx for mood..i take gaba for pain etc...i have chronic pain..several issues...aaaaanyway..as far as lithium goes...many years ago i was on lithium in conjunction with effexor (others too) it helped...i gained alot of weight..and the lithium messed up my teeth.
just thot i wud just put in my 2 cents worth. good luck !! 🤣🤣🤟

I think that I tried Lamotragine years ago for depression, but I can’t recall what happened. A lot of the psych meds faiked me, but can’t recall what happened with that one. I should have kept a journal. I am not sure what Abilify does. My issue is that I easily get Seratonin Syndrome and it pushes me to suicidal thinking or other swing mood effects. I am better off Seratonin drugs. I tried a precursor for dopamine to see what my reaction would be and it made me manic I believe. Thats why I am trying to find a safer stabilizer, brcause I read up on Lithium and you gotta be monitered because of what it does to the body. I started thinking this, because Gabapentin soread evenly throughout the day yielded that result, but I gotta get rid of the brain vibration stuff. I am trying Vitamin B Complex based upon a recommendation in my Fibro support grouo for that to see if it calms them down. I just started it so I don’t know yet. My concern is if I gotta get off the Gabapentin, then I need something for the mood swings. And likely these Fibro meds are messing me up big time in other ways. I wish I could just smoke medical MJ and it would solve all my problems, but that is just false hopeful thinking when it comes to this.

Get some exercise too. That helps me with my anxiety.