Started rapid cycling, really really rapid. Doc wants me to try 10mg 2x/day Saphris. Anyone used it? Helped? Side Effects? Input is appreciated. 700mg Lithium 200mg Lamotrigine 120mg Cymbalta 100mg...
I am bipolar, been posting here off and on. I am crushed. My wife has been having an affair with a guy she knew in high school.They met up again on facebook. She left to go on vacation with this guy,...
Hi Tortoise, Have not been around for a while. concerned about you. Happy to see the last post of you feeling better....
Tortoise- I started on the cymbalta because I was depressed and the mirtzapine wasn't getting the job done. When started on cymbalta, I was not accustomed to it and had slurred speech and balance...
Jamie- LOL!!!!...
Hi Tortoise Sorry to read about your current struggles. I don't have much to offer. However, be careful on your road trip. Road trips usually send me crashing towards a pole, which one is always a...
Doc started me on cymbalta, 60mg/day. Working really well. Too well. My life fell apart when I was twelve years old, so I am not really sure what feeling good is without drugs or alcohol. I quit the...
My goal is to stop going bald....
I guess I am okay. Frustrated and disappointed in meds, doc, jobs. That is none of your all fault. Sorry for blasting away....
Sorry IG and tortise....
Hi Camano I lost my Dad when I was 12. He was a dream dad. Taught me how to ride, rope, shoot, play football, throw a fastball and a change up. Built a baseball field with a few other dads. A...
I dressed up in my baggy sweat pants and my bathrobe. Then I sat in my recliner and watched Hawaii 5-0. I love Halloween!...
Well, I wasn't offered the job. I always considered my horses livestock, but I did get very attached to some of them. This guy only in it as an investment, And right now the horse market sucks. So he...
I am so nervous and excited! Tomorrow have a job interview about taking care of a man's Arabians (horses). I always thought Arabians were kind of useless, they are not strong enough to yank a calf...
Dang Tortoise, you're a fine looking belly dancer! Have fun!...
That I was smarter than everyone else....
I am at the age that sex with 16 minors is insane. I knew I was old when I would see a young woman and think, "does her father know she is going out dressed that way?"...
BP is not an excuse for bad behavior. Prior to my treatment by psychiatrist I had no idea what I was doing was irregular. The only voices I heard were delusional. C-1980, please make an appt with...
A date is not any type of commitment. Don't tell. If a relationship begins, be real sure you can accept the others decision....
There are three issues which need to be addressed even if there was no ADHD and BP. Alcoholism, caffeine and tobacco addiction. Let's take a look at these first An addiction is where the person does...
Hi CamanoGirl Welcome to the forum. I cannot comment on your reaction as I have never taken Seroquel. But needed to say welcome. Cap...
I do very well with 500mg, which is off the chart. Most doctors would expect me to be comatose. But I have not had a manic since I started it....
HI Ig Thank you for your diagnosis. Here I have been treated for the wrong disease for all these years....
Sounds like you are doing better. Good....
Hi Tortoise Do you have any idea what is causing notwell today? How do you know therapy tomorrow will be bad? Cap...
Pdoc gave me 60mg cymbalta to try. The mirtzapine just wasn't quite doing it any more. He also gave me 50mg doxepin, increasing to 150mg if needed, for sleep. I am so groggy. But I can't sleep. What...
What the heck? Paint it white, it goes with everything....
Pdoc gave me month's worth of Cymbalta samples (along with Doxepin for sleep) instead of the mirtzapine I have been on forever. Any good/bad news? Thanks Cap...
I broke out of my four day mostly no sleep so now in minor depressive. Main problem is now I sleep too much. Stay in bed, prefer to stay in the dark. Have to force myself to get up. Had to work...
How are you doing Camano?...
well I'm the winner. I am at 500mg lamictal everyday for 7 years. Holds me down except for a few hypos. I had dream problems with Chantix (to quit smoking) and abilify. Dreams so vivid about murder...
As long as this is the first and only chance you give him, I am happy for you. But you have been this way before. It is not uncommon for abusers to bring the children into the decision process....
Its Genetic is pretty smart. I have been 6 days without caffeine and I notice a difference. Racing thoughts going away and concentration improving. Courts- Be truthful. Always. Keep us informed Cap...
I'm sorry I can't call you. But, the relationship sounds like there is potential for really big problems. You have been in a relationship which you were controlled and abused. So you know how...
Sounds like a control freak to me. Tell him your company is restricted to 4 hours a day and only 2.5 hours of that can be devoted to conversation. That's a crummy answer, but I think what he did to...
Nappy 3 hours this afternoon. I have appt with pdoc Monday, because after these no sleeps I have the crash. Been takin remeron, but may try something else because Imay be in depressive by Monday....
Success! I slept for 4.5 hours last night! I have to go to work for a half a day, but then can try for a nap. Whoray!...
Good. Good night!...
Hi C- Nice to have another dude in here! I gave up alcohol years ago. I drank so much I got to the point I could not afford it anymore. That is pretty bad, when a wino was the super rich compared to...
Thanks Tortise! My sleeplessness has not taken me above a hypo in years. Think it is coming to an end. Happens when season change. Many think that is poo, but my med history shows it to be true. One...
Welcome cookie...
That's what we are all here for. Welcome aboard Trixie Do you have something in place to detour from manic land? As in meds, doc?...
Mom's die suddenly sometimes when they are 83. It is okay to be sad. You will miss her. You are doing EXACTLY the correct thing in following your therapist and doc instructions. It indicates you are...
Have begun day 4 now without sleep....
My pdoc said that BP is the diagnosis of the day for bad behavior. He said he has had a large increase in visits. Instead of overjoyed reactions when he informs his new patient they are not bipolar,...
Wide awake for third day in a row. Frustrating. Increase lorazepam dose to try to break through, (doc said ok to do so). I have not found anything to get to sleep during these hypo's. Just kind of...
Jenn I am a rapid cycle, so I have many depressions but can't tell when one is coming on. My wife knows and I have learned to trust her. Each medication has different effect on different people, so I...
Hi Huh? Sorry for your situation. Unfortunately, if you look around here you will find it is not a unique situation. Not today, not this week, not this month you will have a decision to make. Either...
Wonderful witness, Gigi! I share in your victory and wish further blessings on you! Love your attitude, and welcome! Cap...
So sorry, Huh? It has been said the one that suffers the most from this awful disease is the spouse that does not have it. Wait a few days. Love her. Stay in contact the best you can. She says its...