ok ...half full or half empty?
July 1, 2008 9:05am
Went to see the pdoc yesterday. He said he's never seen anyone effected as severely with the mentaly dibilitating side effects of Lamictal. …
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You know what? I'm breathing. That's pretty good. I have rapid cycling bipolar. Whether it's type 1 or 2 I don't know. 2 docs have said 1, 2 have said 2. I don't care really. I cycle every 10 - 14 weeks. Mostly controlled by meds (Lithium and Depakote), but I still have breakouts now and then. I have 3 bipolar kids. One cycles about every 6 months, and and is on Lamictal. One cycles nearly annually, and is also on Lamictal. One cycles almost right with me, and is on Lithium. That's about all I feel like putting in this space, because anything else would be coloured by my mood at the time it's written.
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skydiving, hunting, cooking, tropical fish, paranormal investigating
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June 23, 2008 8:30am
I have decided not to be bothered by idiots any more because I have become one.
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Ok thanks viejo. I have a phone interview at 3pm after then I can rest.
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A big hug for you today
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Thanks for keeping in touch & glad you are feeling a bit better! xx
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i would really like you to join my new group my new friend im going to send you a invite,cant wait to get to know you better!
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just wanted to say you aren't alone tonight. big hugs :)
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Close Bipolar Disorder
I wasn't diagnosed until in my late 30s. For years I went through job after job, hurt my wife repeatedly by having affairs when in hypersexual mode, did a lot of crazy things which wound me up in the hospital ER. Initially diagnosed in my 20s as a Sociopathic Psychopath. Unmedicated, living pretty much "off the grid" I was then diagnosed with ADHD and put on ritalin, which sent me into the worst manic episode ever. Then depression, wrong again, back to the hospital. I grew to enjoy the hospital
Treatments
- Depakote Too Soon to Tell
- Wound up increasing the dosage over and over until my liver started to suffer. Update: Am back on this again. Hopefully it will work as well as it did when I first went on it.
- Lamictal Not Working
- My daughter swears by this, and I am beginning to see why. After using up the sample pack, being on 100mg for a week, then moving to 200mg, I am starting to feel a difference. Update: I am suffering from a rare side effect called "Cognitive Blunting". I have to get off this crap. Very discouraging.
- Lithium Working / Worked
- 1200mg ... 600 B.I.D. this and the Lamictal appear to be working well. Update: Lithium always did well controling the manic, but not so well on the down side. The Lamictal did a great job of that for a short time, but now have to discontinue.
- Wellbutrin Not Working
- made me suicidal
- Abilify Not Working
- Broke me out in a hideous rash over much of my body
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