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Originally Posted by ddizzy
New here,
I suffer from bipolar disorder II. I was recently put on Lithium, been on them for about 4 weeks. It seems to have increased the voices I'm hearing, I've told my psych about it but she said that it takes some time to take affect. Is that true? I don't know.
I'm also having so much relationship problems with my girlfriend. Sometimes I wish she could understand better about how sick I am. I don't have close friends so shes all I have. I'm getting more suicidal then ever, tried hot lines and tried opening up but nothing seems to help.
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Ddizzy,
It does take time for medication to reach therapeutic levels, but I would have thought that after 4 weeks you would have seen some improvement in your symptoms.
I know when I experienced psychosis and was hearing voices, an anti-psychotic called abilify was added to my lamotrigine and nortriptaline. This seemed to stop the psychosis and moderated my depression and mania. I have never used lithium so I cannot comment on that.
I have been stable for 3+ years now so don't give up. You will eventually find the cocktail that works for you.
