Just checking to see how everyone is doing....

 Hello everyone, I am just posting to see how everyone is doing. The weather is starting to help me out. I stopped getting sick from my anti-d, turns out I just needed to eat with it. The pharmacy should have put that on the bottle. Really I should have figured it out, beings I was taking it on a empty stomach and getting ill. No brainer right? Well smiles to everyone, hope you are all well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Brina77 , meds are trial and error, and it is normal to go through the ups and downs. You have to try different meds to know which are right for you. Sometimes that just takes awhile, messing with dosae and all of that. I thought I was getting closer to finding my right cocktail mix, til I crashed on Friday. That's the effexor I was taking causing me to be manic. I felt more nuts than I ever have. Shaking, head spinning, brain racing a marathon. It took me a few days to feel better from falling so hard. Now I have insomnia, actually for the past week, it doesn't feel good to not rest at all, Sucks. i just started back school too, so again I need to adjust my meds and get on a new one. It's a battle, does it get better, stable people say YES!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, all, doing pretty well here, very sleepy for some reason the past few days, tho.

Brina 77, you are not doing "groovy" if your mood swings are worse now than before, especially 5 months!!    If you had some depression after the mood stabilizer was added, that would be expected, but to be up and down to that extent isn't right.  Have you told your doctor you are feeling worse than before you started treatment?  If he blows it off and tells you you're fine, find another pdoc!

Kittycat is right, we all go through lots of meds before we find the right combination, but it shouldn't make your mood swings worse.  It's a constant try/adjust/discontinue until you get it right.