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I have started taking Naltrexone for hunger reduction, but later found that it also helps slow my thoughts, i.e., it protects against racing thoughts. Has anyone used it specifically for bipolar mgmt?
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Old Yesterday, 10:36 PM
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Also, my new combo, as of one month ago, is Lybalvi + Naltrexone,, and it seems to be effective.

Is anyone on this particular combo as bipolar maintenance meds?
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Bipolar I w/psychotic features
Last inpatient stay in 2018

Lybalvi 10 mg
Naltrexone 75 mg


Gabapentin 1500 mg+Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects)

Long-term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued:
- Hypothyroidism
- Obesity BMI ~ 38
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My daughter was on Naltrexone for a month but it didn't help her skin picking.
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I'm not on it now and I may not be allowed to change meds for a while because of some issues I've been having but I'm really interested in trying this for weight management. It has the rare feature of not interacting with either of the 2 meds I'm on that interact with everything and I'd love to see if it might help at night. There is literally a time in the night when I feel my clozapine levels peak and I'm immediately very hungry. One night I missed my meds and didn't have that desperate to eat everything feeling. I hope that this is an option for me.

thanks for sharing!
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