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Originally Posted by missmorganxo
I was diagnosed with Bipolar a month or two ago. They aren't sure, but think it's possibly Bipolar 2. I just went to see a pyschiatrist for medication last week and she was awful, but anyway; she put me on 900mg of lithium a day...and THAT'S IT....
... I also hallucinate (see things/hear things) almost everyday and she didn't give me anything for that and kind of shrugged it off.
... I see her again this week. Did your doctor start you out on one medication and then introduce you to knew ones each appointment? Or did they start you out on like multiple ones immediately? I'm just worried, because I don't feel like the lithium is helping with my sleep, anxiety or hallucinations at all.
I just feel like my mind is slightly slowed down, but that's it. Helpppp?
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missmorganxo, I'm really sorry you are having such a horrible time and introduction to psychiatry. Sadly, many "professionals" lack compassion and respect for those who suffer. When we are manic or experiencing psychotic crises, we are particularly sensitive to such insensitivity.
Lithium isn't known to pull people rapidly out of a manic episode, but it is a very good long term treatment for people who swing to the extremes in Bipolar. If you can make it through the episode without going onto antipsychotics, you will have avoided dependence on some seriously brain altering substances. But many people once in an acute episode will respond most rapidly to neuroleptic drugs and not much else.
If you are able, see if you can find a good psychiatrist who is known to be more compassionate.
I hope you manage to get some sleep soon, and overcome this traumatising experience.
Peter