Hmmmmm... Shannon well put. Even in researching the meds you will pursue, to me is great, however just like everyone is different , you will probably have a difference in the way the med effects you....
Here's the deal with the stress Shannon. I stick 12-15 hours of my own time in open lab , plus the 2 mandatory hours. It really makes it become second nature with all the practice I am doing. I can...
Hello to all !!! I have not left the board , just taking a break. I wanted to let ya know i am still reading the posts and when I get the chance will post some. I have been stable for a little while...
Shannon, all a mess today. Not me, but over my friends in the hospital. Another one in with streptococcus. His cultures not back yet, but normal ct of the abdomen and chest. So we wait, even the...
Hey to all. Sorry to hear you guys are having a rough time. Shannon sorry we didn't talk this w/e . I have a friend in the hospital , just dx with lung cancer. She also had pleurisy.They ran some...
Beautifully said. Love the Aristotle one!!! Shannon that's funny, because I think that just about everyday. The closer I get to being stable, the more I am realizing how important that truely is. I...
Glad to hear his is doing better. Like I said before, recognizing his own issues and how it affects the family is key. I am proud that he is taking the neccesary steps forward. Wow even changing the...
Very well put Sandra. please don't get me wrong Shannon 2 , I have been where you are and still get like that every now and then. I am not a bundle of positivity! I plainly feel by being negative...
Key words Shan, brilliant madness. It is the interesting experience of telling a person you think you know well enough that you are Bipolar and watching there facial expressions. Ha.... Like, did...
I was asked the other day, due to my actions being more on the normal side... If you had to pick and choose to be Bipolar would you.. at first i laughed and said , "Are you kidding you must be, that...
Okay I was only on it for a real quick time, actually they gave it to me at the hospital. So I really can't be of much help, because I didn't take it after the fact. I am pretty sure Shannon...
Good point Shannon. Duh? Hello me forgetting about pt. confidentialty, what a dingy blonde. Ha I thought maybe if she went with him to the appointment, with his consent and offered input. Is that...
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh .. Prozac run. Kidding but not . Okay I hope this works for you, but my experience was like Shannon's . It was scary. Are you feeling more depressed? I worry becuase I don't want...
I was on Zoloft. Any questions of weight gain and loss, I have simply read on their site. It specifies that there is neither weight gain or loss as a side effect. I was on zoloft as I have mentioned,...
Well, I think most have experienced some of what you are going through. we Bipolars, are not people persons on the norm. ( Not quite sure I get your last sentence or to whom you mean ). In life you...
Sooblue, I have said those exact same words to my mother , yet I was slightly older. It was so confusing to think , that my dad was always in a bad mood. My mom would say he 's cranky, or tired,or...
Wow very sorry to hear what you are going through. Honestly I don't know any of the meds he is on. Some i never heard of, and I myself have been on alot. Does a pdoc treat him? If so are they up to...
Sooblue, that is a great sign that he recognizes and acknowledges his behavior. I am the same way sometimes, not even realizing what I do or say. Usually someone tells me. I try to be extra careful...
So I did some research of my own, but I found that weight gain is not one of the side effects of zoloft. I was on it yrs. ago when being treated for depression. This is before anyone knew I was...
Wish I had more time to talk with you, I really have to get to school, it takes a good 45min-1 hr to get there. Wow, I have so much to say. One thing quick before i do go, if you cannot reach your...
Well not sure about lithium and zoloft, Shannon might, but lamictal I don't think cause weight gain . Or it's minimal. I am Bipolar I, and also have diabetes II. I was on depakote and another med a...
Hey Sandy, nice to chat with ya sweetie.. I hvae never done this with my lamictal, but other meds. My doc always just restarted at a lower dose with me. As long as the med doesn't require bllod work...
Are you being treated by a MD or PDoc? Celexa, that is an SSRI. Not good for Bipolars to take. Great for depression, but we work differently. SSRI's usually have a tendency to cause mania. I...
Okay I am no doc, but when did you stop the meds? How long you been off them? Did you have another prescript ion for them? See here's the deal, when you quit cold turkey from meds, as I have done as...
Hello sooblue, geez do I know what you are saying in both directions. I am also type I , but also grew up with a granmother with depression and a father with Bipolar. Neither treated for it. Well my...
I think that the two disorders are completely different. With seasonal affective disorder, there is depression in certain months of the year, usually helped with phototherapy with a antidepressant....
Well I can relate to all most you say. However as you get closer to "feeling better", I won't say stable because i am not. I re-adjust my meds as needed. I even recently went back to an old med. My...
Thanks to all. Annie, you are welcome on any board. My aunt has fibromyalgia, gosh my heart goes out to you. It's such a terrible illness that brings so many other complications as well. Yeah i feel...
hi all, sorry i ahve been gone for a few days. hospitalized for the first time for this. i hit a low point at the same time higher than something. I didn't want to go, but knew it was time. i feel a...
So you goos in physics then. lol I hate my class, it's mechanical physics required, trying to figure why I need to know about cranes, car engine formula stuff, beams, bridges... hello I am in the...
Hello again, I if you haven't read , am also Bipolar I. I rapid cycle like 10000 x a day. Well ot that much, had a scare the other day, but I am feeling better now. I am I think that's so cool,...
Thanks to Sandy and Shannon, first of all, for caring so much to write , respond and other. I really appreciate the fact that you guys cared and were concerned. It takes caring and having an...
Geez, see the discussion you can have with weird things. Thanks Sandy! Funny question Putter. Or was it.... Lol...
Bev wish I could help ya out. I don't know ... if I am not depressed I am something else like hypo.. on the way to manic.. or something. It's always been that way. That is a good curiousity question....
I give up, smelling stuff not her, I think I am drowning in my own body. I want out....
Higgya, I can't talk long, but want to say, I think you have a point although it's probably not the right one. I agree though. Sometimes tis better to drink then cut! Although both are bad.I hvae...
First and foremost, sorry I usually on am at least 3 x a day. Due to school , and the stress I am not feeling well. I didn't feel like making it through today. I am sorry, and have not still read...
Also Shannon, decided to talk to the doc about IUD. I' m having some issues with my depo , I think. Remember me telling you I haven't had a . in like 6 yrs, due to endometriosis, well I haven't...
Laura feeling you sweetie. It's a rough time for me as well. Sleep messed up, nightmares like Sandy, and just stressed. This morning i woke up and I said my usual this will be a good day, all the...
My phsyician wants to know in detail, and I am like are ya sure. I said I think I need to see a pdoc, he said why are you that bad? I seriously almost cried with laughter. Because I always am calm on...
Have you ever been dx for depression before? What made you go in, and how long did it take for him/her to dx you? Sorry if I missed that, I was first dx with depression ( MD), then 1 year later dx...
Ditto Shannon and Sassie! /community/emoticons/smile.gif I am no guniea pig!! LOL...
Dana I had a feeling you would understand. I am so glad you can wlak away from the situation, sometimes I dwell on things, and have to realize you can't make everyone happy and convince everyone of...
Sandy you take topamax right? What is your dose again. I know that topamax has something to do with temporal lobe dysfunction. That if you don't have it you shouldn't take topamax, because that's...
Well I googled remeron , because i only heard of it once before. Not sure it's popular among Bipolars. Anyways, welcome, you said you are BP I , well it notes on a site I looked at that you should...
Well i had to stop my Effexor all together. Scary , I felt really strange on it. So I called the doc and he said stop. Although I wasn't on it very long, so maybe that's why I didn't have to cut it...
Wow great response, one more question if you have time. What do you think of topamax? I know it is not FDA approved for Bipolar, however my doc put me on it at th lowest mg, and I currently take 200...
Curious when did the screening effect "kick in". I am treated by a very knowledgeable PCP, however have decided that he is not specialized in the field of Bipolar enough to treat me. I have been...
Ultimately it is your decision, i want straight off the effexor although that was the doc's advice. I think your right about starting new med, you will the know how you feel. I think. I can't be...
Not a problem Sassie and sad. Hmmm...... wreckless behavior and sex and the drive hm....... sounds so familiar. Are you Bipolar II? You really shouldn't drink due to the depressant that alcohol is...