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Originally Posted by touchingsaturn
i'm on quite a cocktail.. that has to be adjusted more often than i'd like.. so yeah, you're not the only one feeling like somewhat of a lab rat 
have you had your thyroid tested?? hypothyroidism can cause extreme lethargy, depression & increased apetite.. and it's easily treated with levothyroxin in most cases... would be worth getting tested to be sure..
i would try pinpointing what's causing the exhaustion first, before resorting to taking one pill to counteract side effects of other pills... that's just a vicious cycle.. you'll go from lab rat to hamster on a wheel.. and not in a good way...
yeah, i'm on geodon.. eh, it is what it is.. it works, i can say that.. i do wish it didn't cause the daytime sedation, but like i said, i didn't have that problem for the first six years i was on it.. now i up the dosage slightly when needed.. till it builds up to a point of daytime exhaustion (if i need the higher dose that long).. and then taper back down... i will say that i notice an immediate difference when my dosage is upped in response to times when i'm cycling more ... perhaps because it knocks me out at night & one of the most important aspects to "maintaining" bipolar disorder is regular & restful sleep...
no need to apologize to me for being wordy.. i just finished a pm to someone in which i apologized for writing so much myself... it's like once i start talking/typing.. i end up a mini novel...
wanted to mention to you as well that as you go fwd with your pdoc, don't be afraid to get a second opinion & if it ever becomes necessary to change doctors entirely... i can't count the number of "horrible fits" i've had with me and my previous docs... and the process of trying to find a good one was ... exasperating to say the least.. but i finally have one that i LOVE (in his professional capacity, i mean, he's a great doctor) & have been seeing him for over 8 years now.. bless him, he responds to my phone calls/messages even on vacation..
to answer your question.. i take so many pills.. uhhh levothyroxin (hypothyroidism), welbutrin, zoloft, bcp, claritin, metformin, geodon, zocor, enablex, xanax or valium as needed, klonopin as needed (which is not often at all), sonata for sleep... blah, blah, blah... so yeah, i get it when you say you feel like a science experiment  i'm a regular petrie dish of meds... *sigh* at least they keep me close enough to sane & healthy to enjoy my life for the most part |
Hey there! Thanks for the response and Happy Thursday!
To answer your question, yep I had my thyroid tested awhile ago and everything was fine....Im going to test my sugar this weekend while Im at work and check it again....the last test was before I went on the topamax and the stupid Cytomel (levothyroxine is the generic)....I read somewhere that sometimes some of these meds can give you diabetes....uuuggghhh because I just dont have enough going on lol....note the sarcasm.....
Yeah after reading your long list of meds, Im going to try and get to the bottom of this sugar obsessing/fatique problem Im having....Im trying to take the least amount of meds as possible, but if all else fails and I need to, then I need to.....Im glad to hear that things are going half way good for you....
Also relieved to hear that PDoc's can be good....this is my first good go around with one...he is really nice, but he's so quiet and meek, that it bugs me....and on one hand he is conservative with the meds which is good, because I dont want a drug pusher, but on the other hand, when you feel like crap, you dont want them saying, "well lets give it another month or two and then we will adjust as needed"......but Im also guilty of not being the worlds most patient person lol.....'
Im also thinking if I can get my sleep caught up, maybe Id be fine....but how much sleep is enough when you feel like thats all you want to do....I could be in a coma for days lol....plus I work alot of odd hours so thats not good for the bi-polar either....sigh.....im feeling a little bit hypo tonight, which is good....now if i could just bottle that up lol......
