I'm here, though sometimes just barely. I wish I could say I have my ups and downs but that would imply that I have ups when so often I feel down. I have faith that I can survive though sometimes I...
Hey...just wanted to tell you that I hear you. I've been where you are right now. is simply to numb the pain. I could tell anyone the things that had happened to me, but I couldn't feel anything...
I was diagnosed bipolar a couple years ago and it explained a lot of things for me. Although I think my meds are ok, I still feel like I'm 2 different pepple. The one I am nearly always is the one...
I've been on seroquel for two years now, so that I can sleep and not go manic. Only in the process of taking it I've gained 60lbs. I want to stop but even slight alterations affect me. Are there any...
Hi all, its been a long time since we last chat... I'm back in school again. Taking an advanced writing class and a humanities class. Last week my writing instructor asked us to write a narrative...
Drug name...at least that's the name on the samples she gave me....
Hello...My Dr. Is weaning me off of risperdal after we figured out that I've gained 30lbs since starting it. Now she's started me on Latuda. Has anyone ever been on it before, are there any long term...
I hear you...I know a change is needed but I hate the unknown. I used to wonder why people with BP went off their meds knowing that's how they stayed balanced. But I get it, I hate that I take 7...
I've been diagnosed Bp for a little over 2 years now. My meds have completely changed who I am. I used to be more outgoing, creative, passionate. But I'm just here now. Nothing exciting. If that...
Hi there...I know it must have been hard for you to reach out. I know what its like to be afraid to ask for help. The pressure to keep everything inside for the sake of protecting the family not...
I'm sorry you are having such a hard time right now. Please know that you are not alone. People do care.......
I am here wondering if I'm alone in this... I suffer from bipolar like nearly everyone here, along with depression. About a week or two before I'm supposed to start my period I go into a deep low. I...
Hey there...I too am a wife and mother with bipolar. I was diagnosed about 2 years ago. It took what seemed like a long time for my meds to straighten out and we're still adjusting them. I...
It's great that you care so much about her. I can honestly say I went through my share of relationships based upon how I felt at that time. It's easy to fall in love but staying in it is difficult....
Ugh....where to begin. I've been away for a while now but find myself feeling anxious and depressed. I haven't taken my antidepressants in a while since I've been stretching out my Dr appointments....
Hey there....It's been awhile since I posted. I've been pretty stable these past few months. Sure I have my days, but they don't last very long. So here I am now debating on going back to school....
I was taking 1600mg a day. Where it did stablize my moods better than my previous medications, it caused me to develop a acne like rash on my chest and back and started to spread to my face. After...
SoSickAndTired I'm sorry to hear things have been so hectic for you lately. I know it's not easy, hang in there. Know I'm thinking of you and hoping for the best for you and your family....
Lamactial isn't so bad, I've been on it for awhile 400mg a day. I don't exactly feel like my old self but I'm not sure that its from the Lamactial. I'm working on it though. Good luck and stay...
I guess I needed to say it, I'm doing ok. I'm currently taking 6mg resperidone 100mg Seroquel 400mg Lamactial I have small downs but they usually only last for a few hours or at most a day. I try to...
Hey everyone, Long time no talk..... I'm having issues. Strange nightmares, thoughts when I'm awake. Things I would never do or say. I recognize that they stem from my long history of sexual abuse as...
MT4 and Sosickandtired......I here you loud and clear. You echo nearly all that I feel, what I've been going through. For lack of a better word it seems so insane. To be one person one day and...
Hi there, To try and answer some of your questions...yes I am on medication, though I believe they are more mood stablizers than something for anxiety. I have asked my Dr about it but have not had...
Hi all, I'm new to this forum and I'm not really sure where to start. I'm Bp2 and having a hard time with it. That aside, the way I handle stress had changed. When I was younger I self-mutilated. All...
I took it for a good while, I think I noticed a slight difference in the beginning then nothing at all after that. Hope it works better for you....
I took it fir a very short time. I had an odd reaction, it jacked with my head....
First of all, thank you guys for your support. That said, I don't really like the new me. I feel like I'm letting this illness take over and that it's more my weakness than anything else that's...
I feel like I have walked into some dream/nightmare. I'm a fraction of the person I was. In the way I act, the way I feel...everything. I can see the changes and I know others do to. My therapist...
I hear you...I just keep finding that even the simple things that I did before, I can't take. I keep waiting for myself to snap out of it. Thinking if I just focus enough I can make myself do it. I...
Hey Tortoise, I hope this finds you well. I'm at loss, I have all these expectation of what I should be able to do, then I get anxious and it all goes out the window and I start to cry. I can be...
For each person what they need may be different, but what you've described sounds exactly what I would need if I were in that moment. I fight very hard not to let those moments take over but...
Thank you so much......you gave me the very best thing you could give. The knowledge that I'm not alone and that somebody hears me....
Hello..... For a quick refresher, I've been diagnosed for almost a year now. Have a long history of sexual abuse as an adolescent. Used self-mutilation to stop the pain but otherwise thrived in most...
I hope things are better for you soon mogs...I'll be thinking of you....
You are so right bill, I do my best not to hate. It takes far too much energy. I love those near me with all that is in me. Past hurts aside...I've done my best not to hold onto the people in them,...
I hear you bill and thanks for responding. I am mindful of what sets me off. Stress, conflict, spread out too thin, too many things going on around me. But my greatest trigger happened along time...
I've been diagnosed for almost a year now and I'm struggling more it seems every day. When the diagnosis was given, it was like everything fell into place. So much of my past behaviors made sense. It...
Tks bayboub2....I discussed ect with my husband last night after asking my question here. He's completely against it :( his reasoning is that if something goes wrong then we're not just living with...
I've had so many misses with my meds and still feel like a basket-case. I've looked the procedure up before but my family thinks its going too far. If you go in for the treatment please let me know...
I'm sorry to hear your having a hard time....stay strong. My apologies for not being able to offer more, I'm running on empty lately....
I've only been battling this degree of the illness for almost a year now. Before, I had cycles I guess you could say. But it was only every few months that the sadness took over and caved in on me....
I get so scared....constantly bottling everything up. Keeping it under control on the outside is so hard, and exhausting. I don't know if it does more harm to me than good. I'm afraid I'll snap one...
Ok...went to both doc's today. My meds are being adjusted AGAIN. And...they believe I'm rapid cycling, said a couple days in the hospital may not be a bad idea. I must admit the hospital sounds good...
I'm still struggling to believe that this is a life long sentence. I keep hoping that I'll be able to snap out of it. Ok so technically I've been fighting this the majority of my life. But I wasn't...
What on earth am I doing? I'm up then I'm down, more down than up. Why bother taking meds if the don't help. I've gone thru so many med changes. I hate to think of switching again.:( why bother when...
I was on pristiq before, was on it for several months. The plus side is that it takes effect fairly quickly, i experienced very few side affects if any. I was taken off it because I needed something...
I know it's been awhile since I posted. For those that don't know me, I was diagnosed last year and have gone thru about 5 or 6 medication changes. I get thru most days ok, but generally that's...
Go for it....if it's something you can afford....
I'm on 1500mg of lithium at night. I'm not exactly sure what the complications might be if your body is already used to it. However to be safe you could start off low dosing for a few days then build...
Sosickandtired is right....I hated my pdoc and although I liked my therapist I felt we weren't going anywhere with my illness. My pdoc was useless and would ask me what I wanted to be on and that if...