Ferncor, Thank you for the welcome. I experienced some sexual trauma as a child, as well as verbal and physical abuse from peers at school, church, and within my family. I believe these are the...
I am sorry for what you're experiencing. I take the same medication (Lithium), and it took a week or more before I really felt like the Lithium was starting to work. Unfortunately, medication can be...
I have never experienced psychosis myself, but I have talked to many people who move in and out of psychosis; they are perfectly lucid and aware of what reality is when they are not in a psychotic...
I don't plan on modifying my medication myself, but I suppose I will have to go outside the clinic where my therapist is. My therapist is a wonderful person, but the doctors at that clinic simply...
I am on Lithium, 900mg daily. I told my doctor I was having some side effects to it, but the side effects went away. She went on a speech about lowering my dosage, when I told her that anything less...
Hi Laura, welcome. I'm new here myself. I take it you're a fan of "Black Box" on TV? I have enjoyed it. My bipolar meds are the only ones I've ever been compliant with. I have Bipolar I and PTSD....
I have only been taking Lithium since May, but I would suppose that coming off it would be like going on it. Any time I make any kind of adjustment, I get major stomach issues. I hope you're spared...
Hi Chotti. Thank you for your reply. I am about two hours away from any of the ski resorts, but I actually despise cold weather, so I stay out of it as much as possible. We have gotten a lot of rain...
Hello, all. I'm Crodentia, a 29-year old man in Colorado, USA. I was diagnosed at the beginning of May as having Bipolar I and PTSD. I have been seeing a therapist since March, but was placed in the...