Hope all is good too jersey, give it time and patience... lookout for the good moments, and enjoy them... when it gets too diff get support... take care joe...
Hi Christina It seems like your going through alot. I am on lamictal 100mg 3 times daily but the rash wasn't so bad. Maybe you should consult your doctor the next time and tell him about the rash. I...
Hi, I live in Singapore and usually the doctors don't give me strange vibes or when they do I dismiss it as me being paranoid. Usually they wanna know more about the medications I'm on so as to see...
hi honey bee, for me the longest I experienced depression was probably for a whole six months... and I felt that the raising of hopes whenever I saw my pdoc/therapist were the only moments of that......
Good luck zomese, Hope the coming weeks will be fruitful and filled with peace. Great to have a good pdoc and psych take care, the community here is great... hi mogli and olivia, hope things are good...
Hi shineonyou, I get hypomanic after lack of sleep and mild grandiose delusions (textbook stuff)... then I kind of need a sleep aid after not sleeping enough for 3 days in a row. For me seroquel...
Hello dear survivors, just saw my psych today after 5 full days of numbing depression... happy to say I feel rather stable now... and even if its just for a while (I've kind of not assumed this state...
hello gaz, i'm a new member to the forums good luck on your quest to go off meds. I'm still on pretty much a heavy regime much like your old one. Kind of scary thinkig where I'll be without them, but...
hi destroyer, I'm new to this forum and the bipolar forum... was wondering if you could possibly make an earlier appointment with your doctor. It just seems to me 3 months is difficult to bear with...
ellie, wishing u well for battle... hope sleep and peace will come to you soon... when I sleep too little i get a bit hypomanic and that scares me... I hope you find rest soon Take care Joe from...
thank you olivia and thank you ellie I really can't see a way out of this... guess its the condition and the fact that my will is all too low. I can't imagine going through this for months on end....
Hi Jade11, I have a great doctor who has been there for me for a long time too. I believe that if you can afford it keep the pdoc. I switched once and it was very tiring trying to establish good...
Sometimes the inertia drives me mad during depressed moments like this. It reaches a boiling point that I just pack up and leave for a short trip out of the country... maybe for just 3 or 4 days......
thank you jerseycherries and olivia, hope all is fine with you... for me waking up is the hard part... and having a peaceful sleep as well. Heres wishing you all peace and thanks for your replies......
labrat Hello I am new to the forum too, although I am not married, I'm 30 this yr and had a wonderful woman who loved me and I mentally abused her most of the time not out of my own volition but out...
I empathise with your boyfriend... I'm sure you have your limits... I only pray that the Lord grant you strength, vision and wisdom... I found that therapy with my gf was the last option and not...
Hi serafena... ECT is really a last resort, I had 3 failed suicide attempts (don't wanna get into details)... but my last ECT was about 3 years ago and since then haven't needed it since. It is...
All too often when I'm in this down sate... advice seems to be coming at me from all angles. When I get on the phone usually in a panic or desperate state... I'm often faced by well intentioned...
hi, I'm new here... just wanted to say my mother was bipolar, had no trouble during pregnancy... it was post natal depression that got her hospitalised.. she was hard to handle from when I was born...
Hi roxy, am new here as well... I kind of fit the bill/description of your boyfriend. I myself have been in an on and off situation with my ex girlfriend... I suppose the only person who has stuck...
Hi Mogli, though I am new here I feel your pain and desperation. I don't know much to say except I grappled with fear of seperation from the one and only true woman who loved me. At this stage I...
Hello people, I have been reading the forums for over a month now, and would like to first and foremost say that I am very glad to see such a supportive network on the internet. I have been to...