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Okay my official diagnosis is Borderline Personality Disorder but pretty certain I have Bipolar II as well but my psych seems to think not... I have severe depressive episodes that last 4-5 months and have had episodes of what I believe to be hypomania... I get:
- High Energy Levels
- Unrealistically High Self Esteem
- Inability to sit still
- Rapid speech
- Hypersexuality
- Increased Motivation
- Decreased Need For Sleep
- Short Attention Span
The Quetiapine also completely got rid of both the depression and the hypomanic symptoms, which adds to my suspicions that I'm BPII.
My psych even said that everything I described was textbook Bipolar so I don't really understand why she doesn't think I have it... Anyway that's why I'm posting here and not in the BPD forum, also because I know more people are likely to have been on Quetiapine/Lamotrigine.
Coming off Quetiapine I am hoping that I will lose weight... I am currently taking 600mg in 150mg tablets. Have people lost weight easily coming off Quetiapine? Also has anyone put weight on with Lamotrigine? The sleepiness and the weight gain are the reasons I'm coming off Quetiapine in the first place and I'm hoping I will lose a fair bit of weight when I finally come off it...
Also what is it like adjusting back to sleeping unmedicated? I can get to sleep on 150mg as long as I take it early enough, but how easily will it be to go from 150mg to 0? My psych said that Quetiapine is less sedative as the dosage gets higher? I think that's #######4, I get knocked out more with 600mg of it than I do with 50mg of it...
What are all experiences with Lamotrigine? Like I asked, weight gain? It put my BPII ex in hospital as he got that rare rash disorder, so he wasn't on it long enough for me to really get a good picture of what it's like. I've read that it's the first choice and most effective medication for BPII so my hopes are high for it. Just hoping to get rid of the heavy sedative and the weight gain!
Kaz x
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