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help7
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Joined : Dec 2014
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Posted Today 2:52 PM (GMT 0)
This is my firs post.I have been told I have bipolar2 bc I'm so very depressed and have tried a ton of medicines and I have all the bad side effect xxx some which made me want to kill myself.landed me in holl bell.I also had a completely total life changing hysterecomy in 2011 so my hormones are everywhere but on meds for that as well.please someone give me hope as I have finally agreed to lithium. It's my son's 15th bday today and I have two other kids that after old enoughto know mommy's sick still...... I'm scared to do so murch or mad I done it for so many years I'm just so tired.does anyone have any advice on their experience with chronic severe depression / bipolar 2 and lithium???
Posted Today 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
i answered your post on depression forum, but here you have given a bit more info. first welcome. we are here for you. like i say, lithium was not for me, i will hasten this post. i take lamictal, slow to kick in, but good. have you tried any mood stabilizers? abilify is quick acting. helps with chaotic thoughts. respiridone, i currently use is more sedating. just a little. best talk with ya doc. some meds well in combination with each other, some don't. please tell your doc about how you are feeling. please seek out support if things get too much. know that we are here for you. sending healing thoughts.
help7
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Posted Today 5:40 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you very much. I was on limictal but they told me it was interfering with my hormone levels... like not working and I was a rollercoaster of crying all the time.I'm stuck in the bed. I also take klonapin and trazadone to sleep and for depression. I also have generalized anxiety disorder really bad. I have to get up a go get a cake and in a couple hours and I feel tired and like frenzy cold😢 I don't know how to just get over it. My hubby leaves for out of town and I have to be able to function!
Posted Today 11:29 PM (GMT 0)
when do you see the doc next? make that a priority. i could tell you a tonne of meds, sounds like some coping skills might be beneficial. keep strong.
Audrianna
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Posted 12/4/2014 2:48 AM (GMT 0)
Good luck to you with lithium! Another one that you may not have tried is Latuda. For bipolar depression but also a but if antipsychotic. It has saved my life twice when nothing else would work. Don't lose hope, when you get stable you will feel so much better you won't believe how far you've come! I'm just pulling out of a nasty depression by raising my Latuda and the difference between even today and yesterday is amazing. Will be thinking of you and your children. I know it's so hard to deal with this stuff while trying to care for kids.
Clovis47
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Posted 12/4/2014 6:53 AM (GMT 0)
I am Bipolar II also. I have been on Lithium for 3 weeks now. I think it is helping me and no really serious side effects.
Posted 12/4/2014 11:38 AM (GMT 0)
Hello help7,
Welcome to the forum
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I hope you got through with your errands yesterday. Let us know how you're doing today.
UA
help7
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Posted 12/4/2014 1:50 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you all very much,Clovis 47 -I hope that I have the same results.latuda did not help me at all. I'm off all ssri drugs that may be what complicated things. I was having very ridged neck and Muscle spasms and bad thoughts.I was able to get him a birthday cake. Made it outside my house for dinner. Still struggling a lot.commitment s are so hard. One day at a time but hubby leaves kids track out of school and I have no patience.very worried. See md meeting Monday get blood work. Try meditation and have tried cdt also.I hope to shower and get some Christmas stuff together for the house but don't feel it at all.just talking helps thanks so much!
Audrianna
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Posted 12/4/2014 2:24 PM (GMT 0)
Keep talking when you need to! And if day by day is too hard, go moment by moment! Less stressful.
help7
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Posted 12/4/2014 8:08 PM (GMT 0)
I just completely flipped out in a rage of tears stomach pain and hopelessness. Why do feel so bad! My mouth tastes like metal and I'm super on edge. Is this lithium? I eat with it and again.called me don't know what to do it hasn't been a week yet..everything I see read about all are toxic to the body. I want to live and feel better not wreck what is left and I'm down to coloring for mindfulness what brain I had. I used to be a nurse for kids and I can't take care of my self. This sucks!!!!!!!
Posted 12/6/2014 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
help7, just responded on your new thread.
UA