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Jul 20, 2013, 02:49 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by newgal2
Hi everyone. Bipolar, currently rapid cycyling (or mixed). Strange thing is, for my whole bipolar career (past 23 years) I've been very stable. When foolishly off meds, I either had longish periods of depression or longish periods of mania.
Now, 23 years into, my stabilizer apparently stopped working and I have rapid cycling/mixed. When I say rapid, I mean back and forth and all over the place numerous times a day.
Has this been anyone's experience - - where illness changes course decades later? It's been so intolerable. Getting off tegretol and starting lamictal next week. I need relief!
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Since this is not at all normal for you, is there anything going on in your life (stressors) that might be contributing to this? I think, like bipolarnurse said, if there's a lot of stress going on it can send episodes into overdrive. If not, maybe it's a medication issue. I hope the new one helps --good luck!
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