I'd been having headpains for some time now related to what eventually was found to be bad wisdom teeth. I went to the ER doctor because I was so tired of the pain and figured they'd do an MRI or...
Christina, Acceptance is the first step to making yourself better. I'm glad to see that you are. I'min the same boat. They originally diagnosed me as depressed and put me on all these depression...
So popular for treating bipolar disorder? My doc just put me on gabitril for anxiety. Isn't that kind of odd?...
My husband and I discussed it last night. He wants custody of the kids, with no help from me. All he wants is for me to come visit when I can and stay in our children's lives. He can't handle me and...
Going cold turkey was THE worst mistake i ever made. It caused me to go into the hospital. Good luck with trying to find the right medication. Its a hurdle but once you do, you'll feel so much...
Ever since I started on the ambien, about a week later i'm going through mixed episodes. Can ambien cause this?...
Welcome to you both. Everyone here is really nice and supportive....
Did any of you have mixed episodes with abilify? I seem to be having them and its really starting to bug me. Also, did you lose your appetite with abilify?...
I'm going to a private hospital here... they do one on one treatment as the space is iimited as to how many they accept into the hospital. Its a really nice facility, VERY nice compared to where i...
I think it would help me but my doctor is being a pain, he won't call me back and I don't know what to do. I have great insurance so we'll see what happens. Please keep me in your thoughts and...
Feel like depression? My doctor told me that when coming down off a manic episode and staying "normal" can feel like being depressed, especially when you've been manic for a year straight? I feel...
I was on symbyax for 2 years and LOVED it.. however i didn't know that the prozac part was sending me into manic episodes. And the zyprexa can cause diabetes, so they took me off of it. Sad times,...
Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm having issues with alot of things. The thoughts that i never used to have or that never bothered me now seem to get to me. Like watching medical dramas or...
Cause apparently mine doesn't give a rats butt. I went into the office tuesday complaining that i'd been crying for 3 days straight. I couldn't even be alone with my children tuesday night....
So i've been on this regimine of Invega & Neurontin now for a couple of weeks. The neurontin works fine in keeping me calm at night and helping me sleep, however during the day time I feel like I...
I myself am extremely overweight, in which my doc thinks thats the partial reason for the depression part of my bipolar disorder. I went to the family doc friday and he put me on an appetite...
It helped alot. Thanks so much for that information. Makes things easier to do now :)...
And i know there is another person on this board who has it. What do you do to get through the pain? They prescribed me Lodine for the pain and the discomfort but what else is there they can do for...
So I took the first dose last night and I must say this medication is AWESOME! I hadn't felt so relaxed in my life. However, I did have a touch of insomnia but I was happy... and I actually slept...
I myself had issues with Lamactil making me cry... alot actually......
As a mood stablizer? Thats what my doc just put me on for my anxiety attacks. I've never heard of this medication. Anybody ever taken it or have any reviews of it?...
So I stuck with the Invega but taking it in the morning instead of night and then they kept me off the lamactil to see how I work without it :)...
well I have a doctors appt tomorow to discuss why the invega didn't work and to look at other alternatives. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they finally give me something for my anxiety....
I went from being on Zyprexa & Prozac to just the Invega and it literally has driven me off the deep end. I have to go tomorow to be put on something else because It didn't work for me. however, each...
I'm scared to death to start the lamactil myself. I'm beginning to fear medication period but then again I don't like the way I feel. I'm at a cross roads myself here. I wish I could be more of help...
I started seeing a new shrink that put me on Invega & Lamactil. I'd never heard of either of these drugs, but the Invega made me feel awful. I was having strange dreams that seemed so vivid. After a...