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Originally Posted by C.Oliver
Hello, I am Chanda and I have Bipolar II, PTSD, OCD, Severe Anxiety, Anorexia, migraines, sleep disorder, Fibromyalgia and arthritis in my back that puts me in a wheelchair part time. Basically I am a mess. Not to mention my horrible insurance and finances...
I take
Lamictal (bp)
Abilify (bp)
Neurontin (fibro)
Topamax (migraine)
Ativan (sleep)
minipress (nightmares)
mobic (back)
Tramadol as needed (back)
Baclofen as needed (back)
Lidocaine patch as needed (back)
Sprix as needed (migraine)
Frova as needed (migraine)
Geeze that is a lot of meds once I list it out like that. And I used to be TERRIFIED of meds!
Basically I am stuck in a terminal depression that goes from bad to really bad. My psychiatrist wants me to up my Lamictal but that is the one drug that I am really scared of for some reason. I also just have a feeling that it is not going to help to go up 25 mg in that. I sort of feel 'what's the use?'...
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Lamictal is one of the more benign drugs. It can lead to a lethal skin reaction, but since you have not yet developed it, you are now safe. You cannot predict whether upping it by 25 mg would help, but it is OK to try, as long as you are supervised by a p-doc (psychiatrist) and monitor your reactions yourself. I do not think that you fear of Lamictal is reasonable.
Lamictal helps a lot of people and has one of the safest side effect profiles.
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Originally Posted by C.Oliver
My poor therapist, I feel like such a huge disappointment to her. She can't seem to fix me. I keep failing at controlling my thoughts or doing anything she asks me to do even though I try so hard.
I just feel like I am an unfixable mess...
C and Oliver (My Service Dog)
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If you think that she should be able to fix it, you can just safely stop thinking it.
If she somehow thinks that she should be able to fix you, then she is being arrogant/delusional because you have a long list of objective problems that cannot all be fixed. She does not have the power to do that.
She should have some reasonable set of goals for you. Something that is attainable and that does not make you feel like a failure.