I am also on lithium and i shake like crazy. my doctor told me there is a pill she can give me to make it stop it is a blood pressure pill. my problem is i don't want to go on anymore meds. but i...
its almost been a week home now and i feel alot better! The meds seem to be working i'm not feeling depressed and hopeless. i am starting to get use to the meds i dont feel dizey and shakey anymore....
serafena, Thanks for the response it was the hope that i needed! fast1...
i hate BP i feel sick from my meds. and i am still in a depression state of mind. when is it going to get better. from therepy to hosp. to med. changes i still feel the same if not worse. fast1...
been gone for awile i was in the hosp. for my BP. i was not managing well. i stayed one week and they changed and up my meds. is there anyone out there on this amount of meds and or same kind?...
serafena, thanks for the hopeful thoughts. my dr wrote the note that i can go back and its been so long i got to get back to life. i just worry i will get sick again. but like u say don't worry. i...
It is so helpful for me to have a therapist. with out her i would loss my mind. I tryed CBT not for long, it did not seem to help me. thats me i am very stubon(spelling) . and did not take well to...
I am starting work after being gone for 7 months. i am very nerves because people are going to ask questions like what's wrong with you. At this time i feel very depressed and not motivated. The dr's...
Happy Bill that is great news it's nice to hear good things happening....
Hello everyone, i been so depressed that i can't get into writting. they just up my lamictal from 100mg to 200mg. They say that will help with the depresstion. i hope so i am so tierd of feeling this...
welcome, i take lamictal and it works for me. i know they are talking about uping my dose. i just getting depressed way to much, so maybe uping the med will help. i am also on lamictal, abilify,...
WOW! another great writing! with BP i don't know why but i feel guilt, shame, fear, sadness. that's when i am not doing to well. this has been a bad month. i just got a new psych dr. and i see her on...
mackem, that was very beautiful. you have real nice writings. your writing must help you out alot when your down. fast1...
nice you summed it up, i understand everything u wrote made great sence. nice work thank you...
Wow what a great message board. i am on the depression side at this momment, feels like it last the last few months. i can't wait for a hypo manic momment when i feel like i can do anything, and...
i also have that all the time. i call it squares in my head. always busy running around. i try to stop by talking and doing things with people to get out of myself. i wake with a song in my head like...
mackem, thanks for the response i look forward to hearing from you again. i don't know the time difference USA, but i check the post all the time. i'll keep my eyes open for your next message. fast1...
great message, to hear how people cycle, now i know i am not just loosing my mind. i feel like i cycle from hour to hour and day to day. i am looking forward to some happyness and mania. i just feel...
Mackem, Your writting was great you said all the words i don't know how to get out. you covered everything that my BP makes me feel. thanks for the great words and thoughts. fast1...
Thanks for the response, the only change is going back on the seriquel in the afternoon. i don't like makes me tierd better than misrable....
When the dr's saw how i was today and how the week went they took me off wellbutrin. they said the med would not work good for me with BP. i was all spun up with anxioty and crying. so no more...
Hi Cantgoback when i first got dignosised with BP i had been up for 5 days, no need for sleep. never tierd! no sleep can drive you crazy, it drove me crazy. they gave me seriquel to sleep, and it...
Yes I believe the Wellbutrin is giving me side effects. but i feel scared, and shakey. i am a bundle of nerves. i just don't know why, is this BP? Thanks for the response fast1...
When coming off seriquel do you go throw a detox? I feel very sickly. I am coming off my afternoon seriquel and going onto wellbutrin. can this cause detox symptoms? I still take seriquel 400 mg. at...
it's at the Massachussetts general Hospital. so you can type MGH bipolar clinic and it will come up. This is in Boston Ma....
The clinic is a train ride away for me, also its the same Hospital i see my doctor at. the dr said it was a bipolar clinic and it teaches you skills to manage the symptoms that come BP. i guess its...
Thanks for the response it helps to know that this rollercoaster ride is part of it. my dr. recommended i go to bipolar clininic think that would be helpful? i just don't know what to espect to get...
Thanks for the response. i guess it does not matter how much medicine i am on as long as it works. Yesterday i felt so very good, extra happy, energetic, and grandous thinking. i felt like i could...
Hello i went to see the phych. dr today and he changed somethings up hope it works well. let me know what you think of the change? in the afternoon no more seriquel 200mg. just at night 400mg. to...
Lorraine-nl, i can't stand when its 3:oo am and everyone can sleep, but me. I listen to soft quit music and that helps, i would read but i can't becaus my head is all over the place. thats why i...
Happy Bill good idea starting the week out on a positive note! sometimes i think i am my own worst enemy and set myself up for the inner pain. i am going to try to look at the good stuff and be...
serafena Thanks for the response i am on abilify, lamictal, seriqual, and klonipin. i am still feeling lots of ups and downs. more down latley then ups. i am sleeping so much more and not doing the...
Hi Yankeepeaches, I hear you, i see my dr on wednesday. i am going to ask him to put me on wellbutrin. i was on it before they dignosed me with BP and it seem to help with depression, and ocd. i am...
BP Gemini thank you so much for your response it help so very much. i see dr on wednesday and i am hoping he will change some stuff. i want to see if i can go on wellbutrin. before they found out i...
Yankeepeaches, u sum it up just right. everything you said to me in the response is esactly how i feel too. great forum with such helpful information....
Thanks for the reply i did take my meds i know what you mean i do have to take them even if i don't like it. i see my dr next week. i'll see if he has any better ideas for me. o today was a little...
hello i am bipolar 1 and i am on abilify i don't know if it does anything for me. i have so much anxioty and stress feeling. i see the dr that gives me meds next week i am going to see if he will...
Hi maggiern, i totally know how you feel this has been a very bad month. maybe you could talk to the dr that gives you meds. a new med or uping somthing may help. I am also Bibolar I and i always...
Hello i did it again i did not want to take my seriquel so i stopped. I lasted 2 days and was out of my mind. i saw my social worker and she suggested i take my pill. i did but today and yesterday...
Twisted, i am so sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. all my thoughts and prays to you and your family fast1...
Cherries 212, welcome to the forum. i have found it very helpful. you can share whats going on with other people who know and understand. fast1...
hello i have been taken Lamictal for 6 months now and i think thats the one med that really works for me. i am also on abilify, serequil, and kelonipin. everything works in the morning but by late...
yankeepeaches, i see what you say when u feel arms legth with people, because we just don't know when BP hehaviors are going to kick in. today i went to my sisters i was suppost to stay for supper...
missflip, great to hear from you. i'm not on the same meds, but i know all the feelings your feeling. your not alone. bad days feel like they would never end. talk to your doctor, and you will get...
Thank you everyone for your response you help me so much! today is a hard day lots of pain, crying, i am doing stuff i just want to hide in my bed, but i can't. i pase back and forth. on computer off...
this was such a helpful forfum! I learned alot of great info, about how people are handelling Seroquel. i don't think the seroquel is helping my depression, it just makes me tiered and dopey feeling....
[img]/community/emoticons/confused.gif why do I feel the way I feel? Empty when I am full. Sad, mad, scared, and anxious, panic, lost. I feel like everything I do is not getting finished, start...
its great to hear from people doing great on meds!! i believe i am doing so much better on my meds, but the serequel is one i really dont like taking. it makes me feel so tierd and dopey. any...
Hello BP for me in the beginning when i first got dignosed, i could not stop moving, talking...... and i would stay up for days and feel like i had a good nights sleep. i would excersise like crazy,...
Thanks for the great info i am going to tell him about this. i was thinking the abilify may need to be fixed. u are a right i am on all downers, maybe he could throw a upper in the mix. i just want...