Posted by tom2228 on August 26, 2010, at 12:21:49
In reply to Re: GOODbye depakote!!!, posted by morgan miller on August 21, 2010, at 19:08:29
> >But i definitely got hypomanic-y... staying up almost all night, taking long faaast drives, drinking and going wild, and uhm had a casual encounter or 2 . to say the very least hypersexuality.
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> Ha! You're young and having a little manic fun. I know plenty of people that are not bipolar that did much of the same in their younger years. I'm jealous.
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> Just be aware of the fact that you may feel like your not doing damage now, but things might catch up to you later and you may feel the hurt of the actions in your youth : )ahahaha yes fun. honestly i felt like i was on ecstasy. and ive never taken that. tho im very well versed in that kinda thing, majoring in neurosci (+ pysch).. plus got lots of "crazy" friends so i think its safe to say that lol.
yea i realized that it was quite 18-year-old college-bound guy of me to be doing. but at the same time i took those things to the extreme lol.
behavioral impulsivity is a bigggg problem for me..saw the doc this morning and he upped the desoxyn to 10mg (doubled). definitely helping everything!!
i believe i have calmed down a lot. im really just a wild person and i like to have a little too much fun. i just get into trouble and the problem is, like u said, things can be going great but then things suddenly come crashing down.
however lately w/ MAOIs ive learned not to be so hard on myself. this is my life, this who i am. im going to enjoy it!
anyway going on lithium.
how "zombifying" is lithium? compared to depakote?? does it f*ck up your cognition? i'll be taking 300mg a day.
anyone have experience w/ it as an antidepressant augmentor? Still taking marplan, actually decreasing the marplan to 15mg from 20mg
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Ok now the next day.. took the Li+ at around 6am before bed... feeling calmer/ slower today but not bad! however, I was on shrooms last night when i wrote this so... can't know for sure why i'm feeling this way.See what i mean? tripping out the night i know i'm supposed to start lithium for god's sake.. and staying up all night when i have to hit 5 stores today and finish packing before i leave for college tmrw! my judgment is just off... i mean i am enjoying myself but all the fun usually comes back to bite me in the *ss. all happens pretty quickly actually, usually a couple weeks at a time. and i never seem to learn from it
heh
whatever
Lithium to the rescue?
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