Do not know what tilte to write any more?!

[Malaksharif]

my hypo mania stopped 5 days after my pdoc adjusted my dozes (3 weeks ago)but now am really depressed hiding in my bed ,only coming on line or going to bathroom,eating like hell ,,,,,,,i don't even see my mum who has just finished an eye surgery yesterday (not very serious),i avoid people.....hypo mania was better,, nonliving like this is a torture

i live my day through sleeping and dreaming about my daily events and what i should have been doing,,,this repeats every time i am depressed,,,,,,,,,,i wake up feeling that i have done everything i should do then realize all are dreams


i do not feel that lamictal is helping ,am the same old me since high school except for this mania bit ,that is why sometimes i feel that stopping my meds wont vary a lot but i know that my husband gonna freak out if i did so

am on lithium800mg,,lamictal 200mg,and treliptal lately 300mg
BP II

[Malaksharif]

thank you my friends, both for answering me.............reading ur posts is really helpful informative and supporting as well,,i will take ur 2 new suggestion (swimming and doing one thing at a time when i come out of bed are great ideas) in consideration .as will as the meds thing

[adel_ezz]

Hi
another advise: you live in alex near the seashore. swimming is the best remedy for depression this is an established fact. hell1971 is right you may not be benefiting from lithium.

I remember you said once your pdoc is not reacheable on the phone. Rule no 1 is that you should be able to get in touch with him. Unfortunately most of them don't give us this option. This is the 1st thing i ask for his cellular otherwise he is no damn good. To take an appointment from his assistant and discover he is not in the country yet, is bloody disappointing. Don't think they do miracles i can list you the number of drugs available for BP: lithium, 7 anticonvulsants, 6 main antipsychotics mainly atypical can work as MS, 12 antidepressants and the rest tranquilisers. All of them fidel with a variety of these doses until the pt by chance or mistake gets stabilized so they hold to it.

Again BP moodswinging is natural so by the time you get stable you need further adjustments. If we are unfortunate after a while a few years the combo ceases to function either one gets better or worse. So one has to learn from his mistakes. BP is a long career to do.

[hell1971]

Maybe lithium isnt at the theraputic level or it is not right for you, I am coming off lithium because i am not getting the right benefit from it and am trying something else, it can take a while to get the right cocktail that works or so they tell me, so hang in there and know you have our support. Try and come up with one thing a day that you have to do, when i am like this i get up and do one thing and then go back to bed, one hour later i get up again do one thing etc.. and so on, this helps me acheive something in the day, even if its just emptying the dishwasher. Push past the exhaustion and you will have small rewards. hope this helps, thinking of you.   virtual hug