My side effects with seroquel were awful. Originally I used 25-50mg if I was manic and needed to, at night, to knock me out and get me out of the mania. Then I upped it to 25mg every night to help me...
I'm starting to wonder if I'm really getting better. Over the last year I've had my medications upped so many times. Every time I go to a higher dose I feel fantastic for a while, I'm so stable, no...
Hope you get better soon! It's horrible when things go out of whack :-( *hugs*...
If in doubt, ALWAYS ask the pharmacist. They'll be happy to come out and talk to you about your medication. And they can advise you on what to take for feeling ill that won't affect your medication....
When I'm manic I get obsessive. Scarily so. I'll pick something, or worse, someone, and I just can't stop thinking about it. If it's a thing, like a subject, I'll research it non-stop without sleep...
I had a flex sig in Jan and the doctor then said the colon was clear. But I didn't like him, he wasn't nice, he was rather creepy and he hasn't sent any information to my GP's. I was officially...
Mmmmm greek yoghurt! It's so good with honey! Nicola...
I've been having a bad IBS flare for the past week or so. It's been so painful and anything I eat has just made it worse. So last night it turns out that my tummy problems were actually the nasty...
Darren, I came off the Epilim because of the massive amount of weight I've gained in less than a year on it. My Psychiatrist didn't know about the flashing light problems. I've not had an EEG done,...
OK this is going to be a long story! Years ago I started to have problems with flashing lights. I'd jump back as if shocked if I saw flashing lights. Then I'd get this weird pressure / pain in the...
I was on Epilim for a year, for Bipolar, and I gained a LOT of weight. I'm physically disabled though, so I can't do cardio exercise, whereas your son will hopefully be able to run around as all kids...
I was on 25mg of seroquel a night to help me sleep. Plus I would take more if manic. Now I'm having my medication changed completely because the weight gain from Epilim has been way too much, so...
I'll bring a different view to this. I'm the child of someone with BP. I also have BP. My Mum and I hated each other because of this. My parents knew there was something wrong with me from being very...
Laughing, I'm sorry to hear what's happening with your wife at the moment. Are there any charities in your area that give either relationship counselling, or mental health counselling for free, or...
I'm really suffering with mixed states at the moment too. I do totally understand how you feel! It's so horrible to be so depressed that you just don't think it's worth continuing, and then moments...
I'm like that with sharps. If I get something that needs opening I'm stuck, because my boyfriend has all the scissors at his house. I'm not allowed sharps at the moment. It's tough living like this,...
I was given that for when my mania is bad. It pretty much knocks me out, which is better than me doing anything to hurt myself to be honest. Because I'm not on it regularly though, I don't have the...
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Ever since a couple of days after doubling my medication, I'd been waking up manic, and getting gradually worse throughout the day. It was bad enough that I had to go home from uni and miss lectures...
We've tried going for walks when I'm manic. Normally I can't walk far, I have a wheelchair for when it's bad, but when I'm manic, I don't feel the pain in the same way. I've tried putting it all into...
I don't have a regular dose of seroquel, I'm only to take it if my mania is really bad. I'm wanting to control the mania without it if possible; seroquel knocks me out and I'm groggy all next day as...
Yeah I've got an appt on friday, and he said to call straight away if things are odd between now and then :-) Nicola...
Now, I hesitate to call these actual hallucinations because, having spent 18 months on Tramadol and Dihydrocodeine, I've had real hallucinations lots! But... when I'm manic I get odd stuff in the...
I never thought of that, Straw, I'm seeing a neurologist on Thursday, I'll mention it then! Thanks!...
So, doubling up both medications to beat the depression worked... kind of. But I swung the other way. I've been bouncing off the walls and very, very angry / aggressive. So I saw the emergency GP...
I think one of the most important things right now is for you to make sure that you and your children are safe. As cruel as that sounds to your husband, it's very, very important. You cannot help him...
My boyfriend and I are pretty good on the depression now. There's a lot he can do to help me when I'm depressed, but we've realised we're pretty much stuck when I'm manic. We don't know what he can...
Both my Mum and I have major anxiety with our bipolar. It's quite common to have anxiety on top of bp. Definitely talk to your doctor about it and see what they can do to help! Nicola...
My GP told me quite plainly after I had been hospitalised for mania, that he just did not have the specialised knowledge that a psychiatrist has, and that he couldn't really prescribe for me because...
The seroquel is an antipsychotic, so it will be for the voices no doubt. I hope you get things worked out soon so they can decide what's going on and help you through it! Nicola...
I get stuff like that. Nothing to do with meds for me, cos I got it before I was on meds. If I was manic and laughing I'd get itchy all over. It's weird....
I have the seroquel for if I'm really manic. It's just an emergency med so I don't hurt myself or someone else. It knocks me out completely, so it stops the problem....
Seroquel knocks me out. I just sleep for aaages. I've not had anything other than the grogginess of sedation, and then sleep. Definitely talk to your doc about those side effects!...
There are times that I really hate myself for making Rob come over here all the time to look after me, when he should be having some fun of his own and I'm just too depressed or manic for him not to...
It's not that I'm bored with the things though; I formed a study group on a Religious book I'm reading... and I've just not been able to go back to it and do anything. It's the old 'can't do it'...
I have this terrible habit. I get interested in something and I really want to do it, and I tell people I'll do stuff and then after a while I just don't do anything. I'll join clubs, societies, form...
Wow, I've had an odd couple of weeks. The weekend with Rob away wasn't too bad. I had contact with him and the community mental health team. I got rather manic saturday and ended up taking a seroquel...
Sorry for the lack of responses, been having a rough time. It just got worse. But I went to the mental health hospital (we have a seperate hospital in my town!) yesterday evening for a chat with 2 of...
I went through a few years of this. I'd go out to my favourite night club on a friday night and come home with some stranger. Looking back on it, it was stupid. I'd been very badly abused when I was...
I went to the doctor. My boyfriend (not husband yet) made me go really. He spoke to the community mental health team. What we've worked out is that he's activating the home care team, who deal with...
In the last couple of months, the baseline of my depression (the lowest it gets) seems to have steadily got worse. In the 11 days I've been on antidepressants, I've been getting lower and lower and...
Oh god yes! Talk to them and point out that there are many levels of mental illness, and that they obviously don't understand any of them. That people with mental illness can, and do, function...
Warren, I'm a Buddhist, and we treasure life massively as well :-) I think it really does mean something when you can understand what it is to be afraid of life. We have to put up with so much!...
Hiya Gaz! Good to hear you're doing a bit better. I'm glad you can come out on day release, that makes it easier. Stick with it, it'll all pay off in the long run, and you'll be much, much better!...
As you've pointed out to me, so many times, those steps in recognising things are such big things! When you're ready to talk about it all, we'll be here to listen, if you're never ready, we'll still...
I'm painting things for my boyfriend at the moment; we play Warhammer 40k and I tend to paint his models as I love the painting aspect of the game, and he tends to prefer just playing. And I needed...
Heh, just read your comment, but I slept a lot better last night. I think it's just settling into the new medicine. :-)...
Since I started taking the Lofepramine I can't sleep. I take it at night. That's 2 nights where I've just lain awake all night. Friday night it was til past 4am. Last night I heard the alarm on my...
*hugs* You will be ok by yourself, it will just take a little time to get back into the swing of things. I felt exactly like this when I got out of hospital, I was scared to be on my own. When my...
I am happy that Rosie's doing so well stopping smoking! Think that might be connected to the panic attacks? *hugs* Just remember, you can do it! I am happy for my boyfriend, every single day I am...