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Aug 17, 2009, 03:08 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Posts: 2,779
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Originally Posted by Zen888
I know that I am probably not the only person with bipolar disorder that experiences a mood shift towards the evening. Around 5pm my mood goes downhill and I become very sad and despondant (excuse my spelling). I take my night medication at around 8pm because I cannot wait to feel "normal" again. I feel like a drug addict. If I do stay out past 8pm I feel unstable and question what is the point in having a social life if I can't even manage to feel a sense of normalcy or balanced in my brain. My night medications make me feel sleepy so sometimes if I stay out past 8pm I don't take my medications until I arrive home.
Does anyone know of any better coping mechanisms other than waiting for 8pm to roll around?  |
Definitely!!!
Many years ago, someone taught me that every person has a natural body bio-rhythm. My body (without meds) naturally wants to rest/sleep every day between 3pm and 6pm. I have tested this for over 30 years. Then, when you add psychotropic meds, you have a real mess! I have had doctors swear to me that I needed to take a certain med in the morning because if I took it at night, it would keep me awake all night. Then, when I started taking it, I was dragging around all freakin' day! So, I started taking it at night and slept like a baby.
Everyone's different. Every body is different. Pay attention to how your medicine effects you. Adjust it to your personal rhythm.
If this seems to be impossible to manage or just simply is not working, talk to your pdoc or PCP. I actually take three additional medications that are not psychotropic meds that are prescribed for me to help counteract the symptoms of the psychotropic meds. They make life much easier for me.
Good luck! 
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 Vickie
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