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Originally Posted by BlueInanna
Hi Little Me, and welcome! 
I went to a pdoc for about 4 years, being treated for depression and add. I felt like it came out of nowhere when she dx'd me with bpII. She said that it usually takes many years to dx someone with bp, that I had persistant low-grade depression that was unresponsive to anti depressants. We tried different meds like lamictal and abilify, and I finally went with lithium, she said it would be effective against the depression and stabilize mood. And the lithium has helped very much with the depression. I still have swings, I have hypo/mania, but I feel more stable. It's not perfect but more stable is good for me. I needed the craziness of depression and hypo to slow down a bit so I could get my life together.
Hope your doctor visit went well! Keep us posted.  |
Thanks, it feels good to see yours and other posts here. Figured no one would notice 'Little Me'. She wavered on upping the Cymbalta and then at the last minute decided to go with Lithium and change to Lunesta for sleep. So, Cymbalta and Lithium and Lunesta that's my plan.
She was really good about making me feel good and telling me how I'm doing important work in speaking out publicly against my abuser and not letting up. We spent half the time talking about how I need to protect and take care of myself. I don't do that well. I get emails daily about the 'situation' and 'his name' is in the subject line each time. I don't think it bothers me but I just got to wonder why do I have to keep visiting this every darn day. It's a great big test I think.
Lunesta is so expensive. They would only give me 2 weeks worth and also don't even know if it works. I think my therapist has mentioned she thought I needed a mood stabilizer. Lithium scares me. It says weight gain possible and I was told that shouldn't happen.
Thanks BlueInanna