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- Jan 12, 2020
Starting at the 1:30 mark:
He likes the pills he's taking now - Abilify and Depakote. They are helping him without getting rid of his creativity.
There is a story in this polypharmacy. I’ve already powerleveled on antipsychotics and abilify, but the takeaway of it was that abilify hampers transmission of dopamine (D2) and serotonin (A1) to pacify someone’s brain some respite from delusional thinking (e.g. schizophrenia) and behavior brought about by intrusive thinking (e.g. obsessive–compulsive disorder).
Funny enough depakote was originally used as an industrial solvent, but a happy accident during some research showed its promise as an anticonvulsant. It works on an entirely different chemical mechanism in the brain than antipsychotics, namely the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid or simply GABA. It basically slows down the rate of fire of those neurons inside your dome and partially your nervous system.
So what's the story? Well depakote is usually reserved for people who suffer from certain kinds of seizures and migraines, but it also has an application to treat acute mania. It isn’t approved by the FDA for long term maintenance for bi-polar disorder, there was a short period of time when it was a very popular off-label treatment for bi-polar, but it didn’t live up to expectations. When it comes to the byzantine nightmare that is Medicade, offlabel use of anticonvulsants adds another layer of paperwork for every prescription of it. Enough of a bother to motivate physicians to seek other alternatives first.
This tells me that during his inpatient stay Lucas was not able to calm the fuck down and reign in his bullshit. He must have been a much bigger annoyance to staff than I previously thought and to make matters worse, even this medicated he still *has* to film teenagers getting on public transportation surreptitiously. Somehow, through all that pharmaceutical haze intended to slow his brain down, he still found the urge to prowl public transportation. That gave me pause.