Hi JASx2, Welcome. You will find everyone here very supportive. I have learned more here than in all the boooks I have read. Glad to have you....
Can you get outside and walk, or maybe sit at the park? I like to go to the coffee shop and just be around people sometimes. I meet people when I walk or go to the park. If you have a dog to walk you...
There is a combination that will work for you. The journey you take while finding can bee disheartening but don't give up. Not taking meds. has side affects too. Like the constant and ever stressful...
It could be as simple as lack of a consistent wake and sleep schedule. That gets me every time. Is he on something for sleep? If not his mind may continue to process and not allow him the REM sleep...
Welcome!!! I like the melatonin and the Trazidone. I take the Traz about two hours before bedtime. If I take it too late I am I'm in a haze upon waking. The melatonin I bought took three pills to get...
Chloe, I am very proud of you! I know all too well how hard it is to work with this type of illness. I know I need to find a way to get away from my very stressful job. I know it is making me sicker/...
When you are having suicidal thoughts or you are causing harm to yourself get help. Call some one. Go to a trusted friends house. Remove yourself from the situation. Be safe....
I have hard and fast rules I have to live by when I am manic. No shopping, drinking, limit driving, no stimulants. I spend too much, drive aggressively, drink too much and Red Bull is not my friend....
I think there is a link. I can stand a sheet and need a ceilfan on high. I set the air on 65 at night and still wake up soaked. I have found eating a heavy meal close to bedtime makes it worse. I...
The lorazapram is for sleep. But it isn't working too well now. I get two months or trazadone and four of lorazopram each six months. I switch off when the L stops working. On Thursday and Friday the...
Before she sees the doc I would use Benadryl to help her sleep and she needs a set bedtime and wake time. No alcohol!...
Hi Night, I lead a double life for a few years while married to my ex-husband. It was totally separate for me. I loved my husband very much but he abused me and refused to have a physical...
I wish you well on this journey. I totally understand how you feel. I would want to get off of lithium and/or find a safer drug. Let us know how you feel good days and bad. Thanks for sharing this...
Walgreens has a good med program too. But it had a membership fee of about $20. I liked it because I could get all three months at one time for $12 per script. It only cover two of mine but that...
Thanks everyone!...
I did not have that issue after I started a mild muscle relaxer for IBS. It is more a "What if I need to go during sex or pass gas" that made it hard for me. Mine isn't that bad anymore. Just be...
Here is the deal. On weekends when I should be up and showered I am sleeping instead of having quality time with my family. I wake on my own about 6:30, eat and stay alert until around 9:00, when...
Good to know it is not just me! lol We had a recliner that clicked all the time. I gave it away. Hated that noisy thing.My friend has a son that who has autism and he can hear everything like it is...
Are you on anything to help you sleep? Trazadone, or lorazipram. I am up for days without one or the other. I can totally relate to being allert in the middle of the night. I read up on the darkness...
Hi Cxpoet, the only thing that has changed is you have a name for the problems you have been experiencing. I know it sounds scary at first, but now you have an answer. When someone finally firgured...
Are you required by you insurance provider to us the place where you work? If not go elsewhere. If you have to do it there there should be a way to control who sees your chart. Find a way around it....
Too many meds! How are you to know which one is an issue when you are taking so many new ones at one time. Mine were added one by one. Hang in there. Don't go cold turkey. I get bad headaches if I am...
i was just wondering if it was BP related or something else. Noices bother me too. I can't handle the printer at work sometimes so I use earplugs. Anything that is repitious makes me want to remove...
Good morning! When I am feeling that way I take a shower and go for a walk. I also like to watch comodies. This seems simple but it helps me a lot. I even take in a movie at the theater. It takes my...
Hello everyone. I am a 43 year old mom of three boys, 24-21-and 7. Grandmother to a girl and boy. both one year old now. I have three dogs, all dachshunds, two cats-one inside and one outside, one...
For me the clean house and body feel wonderful. The stress caused by getting the house clean or myself showered is hard to deal with. I hire friends or family to help me when it reaches a thresh hold...
My Doc takes as much time as I need during my visits. They need to get to know you. You need to trust them and their decisions. I wasn't able to with my first doc so I changed and found one I love....
Yoga rocks! I can sleep if I do yoga and nothing is better than a good nights sleep, Best of luck!...
Hi Tara! I am new too. I have been taking it for about 8 years now. It isn't perfect but it makes my life more stable-level-bearable. I feel for you. I have generalized anxiety disorder and Bipolar....
Being in a manic state for me can be a blast, the whole house gets clean in the middle of the night, even the windows! I can clean and detail both cars, bathe all three dogs and then paint half the...
Looks like I have some reading to do. Can you get these on Kindle? Please forgive my ignorance....
Be very careful with mixing OTC meds and prescription meds. I clear everything with my Doc before I take anything. I think the memory issues come with having BP. I had more trouble on some meds than...
I had bad dreams when I first started Lamictal too. It has been about 3 years now and I still get some but no more than I had prior to starting Lamictal....
Yes go back to the doctor. I was on Lexapro and felt the same way. My amrriage suffered too. I was numb all the time. It was peaceful but I could no longer be happy or sad. Just a flat straight line....
Some days I can go outside and enjoy the sunrise. Other days it is prue hell to have the sun on my face. It instantly makes my head and eyes hurt and if I don't react quickly I am down for the count....