Posted by Sheilac on February 20, 2014, at 6:48:16
I just don't know what to take anymore. According to my docs I'm mixed BP leaning more towards BPII. My mood is easily effected by all the drugs. Adderall can send me into severe irritability and anger when it wears off. Steroids, cold medicine & even coffee can make my hypomanic and cause ups & downs. So I guess that's proof that there is something wrong with me.
I don't do well on ADs - hypomania.
I've been taking Trileptal and it has been great. It interferes with my estrogen level and I sweat all the freakin' time and I have developed swelling. The only answer I've gotten is to lessen the dose of Trileptal - but then I lose effectiveness. I also have akathesia in the morning with Trileptal. I take my dose at night to help with sleep, then wake up jittery feeling terrible. I literally have to take Klonopin in the morning to combat the Trileptal.
I can take a low dose of Depakote. Not sure when to take it. At night it doesn't help with sleep. Do I take it during the day? It causes me to be very depressed. What to do about the depression? Take low dose Adderall for depression? Klonopin for sleep?
I tried Lamictal and it never gave me stability, it caused terrible muscle tension, aches pains, just awful, but the antidepressant effects rock. First time I've felt interested in life in a long time. Not worth the pain.
I could take Geodon for depression, but once I get to 80mg it switches to more of a stabilizer and I lose the AD effect and develop sexual problems. Plus, at doses 40-60mg it helps with depression, but can make me it titanate in the morning. Seroquel helps with sleep, but made me a monster in the morning.
Sometimes I feel that these drugs are causing my mood problems and I wonder if I'll ever feel normal.
I'm easily effected by low doses and am sick of feeling like crap. I want to feel alive and interested in life. And I want to keep the irritability and anger in check.
I'm at a loss.
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