Wow! Thanks John for responding so quickly. Topomax sounds wonderful! How much do you have to take? How soon before you lost weight? Cost? Side effects(Who Cares!- Just kidding. I do want to know of any ill effects. I understand about how medication kind of takes away the compulsion to drink to excess. I was very close to becoming an alcoholic but strangely enough I don't even crave alcohol at all anymore and strange as this may sound, I don't swear(curse)as much as I used to, it just kind of subsided. What is "mixed mania?" and what does Lithium do? I am a married 34 male that has been diagnosed as bipolar -mixed mania- I was told about this condition when I was 17. Tried meds - thought it was a waste of time SO now after many years of drug and alcohol abuse and not being able to stop no matter how hard i tried I found that I stopped when I took my Lithium.Weight Gain,retaining water,getting so fat it hurts my back.SO....the Doctor gave me Topomax along with my Lithium and BAM! weight lost! I had to stop because I have no Insurance but now that i am blimping up again I will find some money some how
