It is difficult when you look "well" and have a chronic illness. I also tune people out. Takes too much os my energy....
Hi Tim Tam Sorry about the PTSD and Jan 1. Fireworks are not a big thing here on Jan 1--due to the arid conditions and fire danger. What will you be doing to cope better? The dog is doing well. I...
Hi Tim Tam Adam is still at his job. He Likes it. He was hesitant to work there as he had worked there a year ago and found it stressful and anxiety inducing. This time he says that he feels pretty...
Willsound, this is a very painful time. Have you thought abouts seeing a therapist to help you? My son is Bipolar1 and I found a very nice support group that has been very helpful. I found it via...
Thnanks, Priscilla. I enjoy oyur blog. Hope your eye gets better quickly....
Hi Hope everyone is doing better or at least stable. Amy Anxiety has left. Not a very long visit. Thank goodness. As you know, the anxious feeling is just awful. Take care Pedi...
Hi Tim Tam, yes it's me. The same one that wrote the post on October 8th. I feel hopeful and continue to be cautiously optimistic. Thanks H. I am pleased that Adam is stepping up to the plate. Keep...
Hi I am a lurker. This week my anxiety has come back. A free floating anxiety. Not sure what it is due to. I have not had the anxiety for quite some time. I am on Lexapro and trazodone. I am doing...
Thanks. Will keep you posted. Pedi...
HI The Lexapro has really helped. Adam found a job at a local fast food restaurant. The depressive symptoms have disappeared. Nothing to suggest a SSRI induced mania. Adam was able to get his banking...
Hi I find that writing things down, like in a time line of your symptoms can be helpful for the doc. Do you have a friend who can go with you and serve as someone who is an objective observer of how...
Here's some info: VRAYLAR (cariprazine) is indicated in adults for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder and the treatment of schizophrenia....
Hi H. Adam is not interested in a support group. I went to one and found it extremely helpful. It was a depression/BiPolar support group. It was so nice to meet people who were successful in managing...
H, agreed. He did say that he would give his debit card to his dad. We will see. I hope that he will follow through. Plan is for this to happen tomorrow. We wait, we watch, we see....
Hi UA Thanks for the response. He is not interested in talk therapy :( I did ask him what his plans were with the bank and his overspending. He didn't say anything. Time will tell....
Tim Tam, glad that you found your glasses. Good luck with your stress test. I like to cufddle with warm things on my tummy---so comforting. Take care!...
Hi Tim Tam the job(s) did not pan out. Not sure why. Adam does enjoy a movie/TV show and seems to be following that. That and taking the dog to the dog park are the only things that he enjoys....
Thanks. Cannot wait to read your blog....
Thanks for responding. Have you guys heard of this testing? I am going to ask the psychiatrist about it. Basically, it is a genetic test obtained via cheek swab to assess what meds may work best....
Hi Weary I am so happy that you are functional and better now than you were at diagnosis. Reading about success like yours gives me hope. Pedi...
Hi My son is a 20 year old who was diagnosed with BiPolar I July 28, 2017. He had a psychotic break July 28, 2017 and another one October 4, 2017. He is curently taking abilify 20 mg and zoloft 100...
Tim Tam, thank you for your kind words. They are a healing salve to my heart. Adam is able to watch his favorite TV shows and keep up with them. Same with movies. I remember you speaking of the...
Hi~~ Adam is about 3 weeks status post his psychotic break. He is taking his meds and living at home. I drove him to see his psychiatrist (2 hours away). As Adam was still having anxiety, the abilify...
Hi Tim Tam, I do not know about the cutting issue. I believe that it is related to the BPD. I do not know due to the depression, the hallucinations, or the distorted thinking. i suppose time will...
Tim Tam, how scary for you and your dog. I am glad that things are OK. I agree, meds and talk therapy are not curative (I have come to believe that there are few things in medicine that are...
Tim Tam, I found this wonderful TED talk about BiPolar Disorder. It is about 10 1/2 minutes long. Thoughts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPu0tLWYPWc...
Thanks for sharing your experience, strength, and hope, Tim Tam. Adam's half-sister had to take a leave from work (~2 months) last year. She is back to working full time as a drug abuse counselor,...
Hi Tim Tam, thank you for your kind reply. RE: Fam history~~~ It is believed that the maternal greatgrandfather had bipolar disorder. This was pieced together from family stories. Both sides of the...
Hi My son is 20 years old and is a college student. I was notified on 10/4 that he was acting strange and had been self cutting. I drove to his campus and he was acutely psychotic. He was medically...
Thanks, Scott. I will read the articles....
HI Scott If one is following a ketogenic diet and produces beta hydroxybutyrate (BHB), is the BHB converted to butyrate? Thanks Pedi...
remember that a normal EEG does not rule out a seizure. A visit to a neurologist will probably be helpful. Good luck--you may be having Temporal Lobe Epilepsy....
Pedidiva ...
For me, in the future, I will not use generic meds for seizures...
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so far so good. i hope that topiramate works well for you, too. ...
good to know, thanks...
wonder if he had Giardia....
could be tonsilloliths, could be a yeast/fungal thing. See an ENT....
My BIL was referred to the MS center in Dallas & received the Rituxin. Good luck....
Good luck. Perhaps you may be a candidiate for the Riruximab, too....
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My BIL is on Tysabri. it has helped him--the copaxone & betaseron were not helpful. Now he is having some "reactions" to the Tysabri--so he will be tested for the antibodies. Hopefully, all will be...
Good luck with your DH. ...
Have you been checked for Cystic fibrosis? yours could be more of the GI kind & not the pulmonary kind....