Oh but one of the continually frustrating and irritating things about having bipolar disorder is the medication roller coaster. I quit smoking about the same time I began a new drug and as a result one of them has brought on some weight gain. I am highly suspicious of the medication as the weight seems to be creeping on still long after the inevitable using food as a replacement for cigarettes period is over. Ugh..alas do I ask for a med change and go through the medication ride all over again? Honestly I feel like weaning off all meds and starting from scratch again. Obviously I would do this under pdoc's supervision because I'm not that crazy, at least not anymore....lol.
Another concern about the idea of the medication causing the weight gain is medicinally induced diabetes. The first and most effective bipolar medication I was prescribed was Symbyax and I had to be taken of it for extreme weight gain and a blood work up that was off the charts for normal range.
On top of these concerns is the extreme tiredness I have had to deal with. I want to crawl back into bed every few hours and I try to fight it but I usually end up going back to bed because I end up nodding off anyway. So here I sit wondering if the symptoms are bearable enough to warrant the medication. It's taken such a long time to find the right combination of meds to control the mood swings but at the cost of turning me into what seems like a zombie.
Has anyone else had this experience? If so how did you go about remedying the situation?