Posted by Janice on May 18, 2000, at 18:10:38
In reply to Re: Finally sane, after all these years and drugs, posted by dove on May 18, 2000, at 11:59:59
Thank you everyone for your well wishing and all your support over the past year, I appreciate it very much, especially since this is something I barely talk about in my own life & it is the best news of my life so far.
and I'm far from gone, you'll be sick of me yet, Janice
Hello Dove,
you're my psychobuddy--a lady who was posting here a few months ago, named Diane, referred to 2 people with the same set of disorders as this. It is almost amazing that we found each other, we have the same rapid cycling bipolar disorder, ADHD, trichotillomania. I just realized (while typing this) I haven't done any trichotillomania AT ALL since the lithium and Dexedrine. I've practised it almost everyday of my life since I was 6 years old.
Prior to the lithium only approach, I was on:
Effexor 75 mg
Desipramine 50 mg
Manerix can't remember
Trazadone 50 mg
Lithium 600 mg
Ativan 1mg
And then one day, I did something very stupid and extremely impulsive--I stopped taking EVERYTHING, all at once. (Sometimes I wonder if this type of behaviour is not a part of the bipolar disorder). About 5 days later, the bottom of life fell out like it had never fallen out before…and I reached for a handful of pills to swallow. I had no intentions to kill myself I was just DESPERATE to change the way I was feeling. Well I caught myself in time, before the pills were in my mouth (and they would have killed me), and knew immediately and instinctively it had been the lithium that had been keeping the floor of my life in place. So I started back on the lithium (only 600mg) and I knew (beyond a shadow of a doubt) I was far better off without any ADs. This all happened prior to coming to psychobabble--actually it was in April of 1999.As for the Dexedrine, for the 2 month period between pdocs, I just took some I had saved up, as needed. Funny though Dove, once the lithium for the bipolar was working, the ADHD was quite different than what I thought it was. The rapid cycling bipolar really seemed to immitate (by appearances) the ADHD. So once my bipolar was under control, from what I can tell, for me, the ADHD is about impulse control, organization and not being able to do what doesn't interest me. All the hyperness, anxiety, flipping out, and anger all seemed to respond to the lithium.
Thanks for your support over the past, almost year, I think Dove. I'll still be hanging around.
How's your daughter?
Have you tried lithium Dove?
As for transformations, it's like everything I thought I knew was wrong, but the new truth seems to be even better. I feel like a kid at a carnival.
I've never read any lithium pooping-out stories here at psychobabble, so I'm hoping I'll be fine. Until recently, I had no idea lithium could completely get rid of my depression--I thought it was only used to stop the highs of manic-depression.
Take very good care of yourself Dove,
I'll be hoping and praying for you (as God seems to have listened to me)Janice
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