I was just going to add. I had a medical srew up last nigh. I feel asleep at 4pm. Missed two rounds of meds and slept til 4am today. I had had an empty stomach and my body chemistry is hooped. I need...
One of them was to take my meds on time every day. Well, yesterday I thought I'd take a nap at 4pm I woke up this am at 4!!! I skipped a meal and two sets of meds. NOT GOOD. So today I couldn't go to...
it is part of our life, but i promise when your meds are straight out, and as time goes by you will gain personal ways of 'dealing'. I tell myself, for one thing' Di' this is not YOU it's the illness...
Welcome Wendy. I have another close friend named Wendy who has just been Rx'd as BP as well. I love this board, I'm new to the dx and to this board and I love it here :) All the best to you. Since...
Trying to get ahold of my pdoc at this time of the year is impossible. All the best to you hon. I take three meds to get a measley 5 hours of sleep. Seroquel, Zipicoline and Xanax and I still dont...
To be honest I think about this myself. In all honestly, pot unless its laced is not a hallucinagen, so I'm thinking no. And I'm with warren in it's pure state it should be decriminilized and it is...
Thanks everyone. Rob, bingo, thats exactly what I do. I call it comfort books :) I used to weigh 100 lbs more than I do now. And to be honest God bless Topamax. I've never looked so good. people...
actually re reading all the responses makes me very happy to have found this board. All are terrific responses...
Smiler gives the best advice /community/emoticons/smile.gif I could agree more. And boy have I felt the same way. I agree I think you are stronger that you think. But I really admire you for your...
THanks Wendy (hug) I have had four miscarriages, no live births. I'm 42 in a cpl of months. The man I love? Well his 'wife' has 7 kids. sigh. not all his of course. i'll never forget the day she...
Thank you all so much. I left work early today. Cut back big time on the darned Seroquel. And has that ever helped. I'm actually looking forward to going to work tomorrow. You'd never know it, but...
Thanks Ducky, I'm really trying. I guess everything is hitting me all at once. The disappearance of the man I love and I'm being stalked (for six months so far by his even-more-crazy-than-I-am...
I love the idea of having pictures of my supportive friend around. I'm being stalked by someone who wants to SEE me dead. I keep seeing HER face instead. Sigh. She is 'stealing' my strength and power...
I remember as a teen going to my room and throwing pillow. It really worked!! Smiler I just had eureka moment with thanks to a fellow BP coworker. She reminded me of something. When I was in my...
I'm revising this thanks to Sunshine26's post about Lithium, sorry I thought it worked for the mania AND depression side. I'm fine with the mania side. I wonder if I'm suffering from Prozac poop out....
I'm glad someone posted this, sorry I thought the lithium worked for the ups and downs not just the mania. Thanks for posting this...
Have YOU gained weight on it? I just lost 100 pounds that I have desperately tried to get rid of for 25 years /community/emoticons/smile.gif thanks to Topamax. I mean it when I say this. I'd rather...
I was also going to add, its one of the drugs i have the least fear of taking. For me, Lithium is the one I'm the most afraid of...
I think my Seroquel helps me a lot, I just haven't gotten regulated on my higher dosage yet. I take 250 mg at night now to help me sleep and I take it during the day when I'm hypomanic. God bless you...
I'm going through my first depressive stage since first being diagnosed as BP II almost a year ago. I didn't think it was going to be this bad. I'm dressed to go to the hospital. But here's the...
From someone, who right now feels like taking an overdose of something, I don't know him, but glad he's okay...
Smiler, would you believe I just made myself a cup of coffee while I signed on here? I don't think I'll be having that. It's just I'm getting over a migraine and coffee helps, but I'll just stick...
It's okay, it's my pen name :) and not my real name at all . Hmm, well i'll try the donate page again when I wake up :)...
Smiler, could you repost that donation page? I couldn't get it to work? Thanks!...
Thanks for the warm welcome, I was looking for a new board and this looks like a terrific place Diana...
This year I was diagnosed as BPII /community/emoticons/sad.gif My father is BP I. I'm not having a good time. Sigh. Don't get me wrong it could be worse and I'm grateful I had the depression part for...
I see we are going through the same stage of our illness, Olivia. Please don't hesitate to PM me or email me at any time. I almost did the same thing yesterday. Instead I took several Xanax, some...