Posted by sheilac on August 8, 2012, at 17:05:19
In reply to Re: Mixed Bipolar / Pdoc... » sheilac, posted by phidippus on August 7, 2012, at 21:26:14
She started me on Geodon, which was a wacky drug. It made me manic until I got to 120mg. Then it messed with my heart rhythm, and my mother has Atrial Fib really bad and that is a side effect of Geodon, so she stopped that.
Trileptal - which depressed me (made me suicidal!)
Lamictal - which would be great, but I got blisters in my mouth.
Lithium, but I have been unable to get my blood level high enough, so far I've made it to .4. I keep having diarrhea and she thinks that could be washing away some of the lithium.
Plus, I hate the hair loss - soon I'll be bald! And the red, dry skin. It sucks.
I feel a little manic and obsessive now due to the Adderall and I'm only taking 5mg. But it has really helped with my depression and motivation.
Maybe I should try to go up to 600mg of Lithium again. When I tried it before, it made me irritable. Odd. Plus I worry about losing more hair and my skin flaking off at a higher dose. So far, the 450mg works fine, without the Adderall. Or maybe I have to stop the Adderall.
I'm afraid of becoming depressed or having a let down from stopping the Adderall. Plus, I wonder if I will have the motivation to do anything.
I know I am not stable right now, but I am not irritable and I am happy.
I'm very sensitive to meds and if I go too high on the mood stabilizers I get crushing depression. Can't take antidepressants, but low dose Adderall works great.
So, not sure what to do.
I'm afraid of all the side effects of these drugs too. Don't want to get fat and I don't want to damage my liver or kidneys. Both Depakote and Lithium have their issues.
Not sure what else I can try.
I'm trying to keep my med regime down to a minimum. I have Klonopin, Lithium and Adderall.
Maybe I should try Risperal or something else like it instead of the lithium? Then the Adderall would help protect against some weight gain. I don't know.
An old doc of mine years ago had me try Abilify and it made me a little manic and HUNGRY.
I just want a few simple pills.
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