was already stressed out and then had a metric ton of more stress dumped in my lap. NOT GOOD! shaky, no appetite.. heads not thinking straight anymore. Paranoia's been creeping into my head and bad....
it's been so many good days then i wake up and wham, out of nowhere. here come the tears..... too much running through my head at once.. yesturday my sister called and needs a place to stay.. needs...
I've stopped taking my ativan, and no more attacks to report. Without the ativan I can think and actually get stuff done. I ventured outside today to rescue a tub of clothing from the car where it...
I've suffered from social anxiety for a while now. Recently I decided to overcome my fear of people and places, agoraphobic, and go on a 3 week camp trip with people I knew and some I didn't at a...
I spent the night crying into my husbands arms. Thank goodness he's so patient and understanding. He held me and encouraged me to just cry if thats what I needed to do. I don't know where I would be...
The weekend was hectic yet relaxing. Got some housework done, bonded with the new roomie some. Played video games, (I'm a rockband addict and getting really good on drums). Grocery shopping and...
I agree, it's way to easy to self diagnose one's self with everything under the sun. I just never know what to bring up as being a factor, and what to leave out as inconsequential. Sessions are...
I think the big problem is, I fit into too many categories of too many different disorders. It's hard to tell where I belong, hard to figure out how to treat my issues. To me, knowing the root of the...
Been pouring over the net today looking up all kinds of topics from bipolar to borderline personalities, everything that vaguely pertains to me. I do this whenever I'm having one of these days where...
I'm really upfront with new people that I'm bipolar and have my issues. That being said, I tend to isolate and don;t make new friends easily. I have a few close friends, mostly people who understand...
This might be an odd question, but here goes. Recently my good friend, who used to work in a psychiatric hospital, and who has acted as a sounding board for me many times, mentioned that she feels...
Congratulations are in order then! Woohooo!!!!!...
I have been taking abilify for several months now, at frst I went up to 5 milligrams, at night, but had problems with agitation, and hypomania. We found that coupled with Klonopin as needed, and a...
For a long time, I had an alter-ego that nearly took over, she was outgoing, strong, brave, fearless, and a risktaker, she was everything I'm not now and I miss her all the time. But things got so...
it does indeed sound like PTSD, and Bill is right, it's different then depression or bipolar. the meds are probally not helping, you need talk therapy I would say. But find the therapist, and start...
it is stressful you;re right. my husbands credit is horrible, so we've been trying to fix mine so we can afford to buy a house. I don;t understand the system at all, so naturally I'm freaking out. Do...
Great, I'm being sued????? a few years back I had a credit card, I overdrew it trying to live, not being manic, but I lost my job, and couldn;t make the payments on it. I kept up with it as long as I...
Meds don't stay in your system THAT long! get another doctor!!!!!!...
Spent the weekend in a vicodene daze waiting on a root canal tuesday, so it;s all a bit hazy, but I did get out some to see some friends saturday night, Left early though because the pain meds wore...
Woke up, feeling great! My roommate moved out last night, and I woke up with plenty of energy after having a day yesterday of lethargy and general UGH-ness. Yeah, I'm a bit manic today. So I start...
My husband and I have a quite different problem. though we love each other very much, and our marriage is by no means in danger in any way, we're simply not compatible when it comes to sex. he likes...
Today I finally did it, I applied online for disability. I know it's a longshot, but its step 1. I know I'll be denied, and I know I'll have to appeal and go through a huge process to get it, and...
29 years old, first diagnosed in 95, then rediagnosed with a bunch of other stuff, then diagnosed again recently. Living in wilmington delaware...
I can;t sleep. I'm bouncing off the walls tonight. The doctor wouldn;t reup my prescription for lunesta, and doesn't want me taking klonopin for sleep anymore, so she gave me restoril instead, but...
I'm on abilify, but only 2.5mg because anything more and I get too manic right now and need seroquel to bring me back down to earth. at this low a dosage, it keeps me from getting to down in the...
wait, there's other sexual screwups here? I thought I was the only one!...
I mentioned Lamictal, and my doctor doesn't want to treat me with that, she says it's not appropriate for me and my type of bipolar. I can't really remember why at the moment, but I think she said it...
Just when I find a combo that works for me the doctor insists I can't stay on the combo. I've been taking 2.5mg abilify, 50mg seroquel XR, and 75mg topamax 2xdaily, but now the doctor says I can have...
we all have our bad days. I was looking forward to a bouncy day today, but instead I'm just bored by everything in the house and no motivation to get anything done....
it just doesn't seem like such a small amount of meds can control me when previously it took so much. Kind of boggles my mind when I'm thinking about it....
On good days it's little sleep, hyper focusing on tasks, chores, and errands, making lists ( endless lists) starting projects that never get finished, picking up new hobbies or regaining interest in...
I'm on such low doses of abilify and seroquel XR right now, 2.5mg and 50-100mg respectively, and doing pretty good. I'm being told that these are very low doses. It occurs to me that on such low...
I just started on the abilify a few weeks back, still on my first bottle, so maybe I am still on too small a dose? But so far it's been working ok. The topamax is working as a mood stabilize and for...
I keep my AM meds in a weekly pill container. Since in the AM I tend to have more pills to take, It's easier, and I can keep better track of how many I have and when I need to refill prescriptions....
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
i understand the money thing. I sew. and just spent 80$ on fabric I shouldn;t have. But the outfit turned out awesome!...
it's my new passion, baking fancy cakes all pretty looking. of course, i baked it, and didn't even want a piece....
and so it has. the cold is clearing up, and i made the best looking and tasting cake in a long time....
So the new meds are working, but I've been down sick teh past few days with a horrid cold. I want to be out doing things, getting stuff done, but either the weather, or money, or the cars, or this...
hyrdrophobic... else I would. I'm a mess lol! Everyone keeps saying I'm losing weight, and I am taking in plenty of good foods, just not alot. perhaps I'll just talk to my Doc and see what they...
Well, I just got home from dinner #1, which went well, though generated some stress as noted in a separate post. Hubby is napping (too much turkey) and we're about to cook our second turkey of the...
Tonight at thansgiving dinner, my grandmother informed me that my Nana (grandma on my mother's side) was desperately trying to reach me. I tried to contact her over the last few years, but my mother,...
Thanksgiving is not a happy time for me. My son was born November 23rd, so thanksgiving is a time when I remember him, and remember when I lost him. As to be thankful, I'm thankful that my family and...
We already eat fairly well, I just can;t seem to shed any of the weight meds have made me gain over the years. My husband is a high carbs person, I try to stay away from them, but it;'s difficult...
So I started on the south beach diet, and for a week things went well. But now, I'm manic, and I find that I don't eat half the time. I forget to eat breakfast, then I remember I need to eat lunch...
Everyone reacts differently when they cycle. Look for mood changes, but they can be slow or fast. I;ve found, that by trying to track how I feel each day, what I accomplish or what I plan on...
My new pDoc is talking about trying me on it, but she hasn't prescribed it to a patient yet, so I have to be willing to be her guinea pig. Interesting side effects though...
We all have moments where we just need to move right? My favorite way the last year, has been to play Rockband. I play drums, and when my head is moving a mile a minute, it really gives me something...
He's not just in my corner, he's the post in the corner that Holds me up when I can't do it myself....
Wierd, I was just taken off wellbutrin and put on abilify...