Hi. I'm new here. I suffer from bi-polar 1 w psychosis, anxiety, and ptsd. I was dx 10 years ago. It's defiantly been a rough rode w some major bumps. Some my fault, and some due to Med reactions. I've had lithium toxicity which required a two week hospital stay. I scared my family, I was so sick and rambling on and on that I couldn't trust them. I thought the TV was talking to me. During this time I had actually had surgery on my foot. Which never should've been done because o the toxicity and my thyroid wasnt functioning. After the two week stay I was then transferred to a psychiatric urgent care for four days. I stop taking lithium and continued my other psych meds. Seroquel 800 mg Prozac 40 mg. & Klonipin .5 twice daily. That whole incident freaked me out. I made sure I kept my monthly Dr visit and I was stable for quite a while. I gained 60 pounds on seroquel but it works. I noticed after a couple years I was dropping the weight and the inches. Years went by with out any major problems. But that all changed last February. I was hospitalized with pneumonia. It was really bad and took two strong antibiotics and high doses of steroids to get better. I was released w more antibiotics and steroids. Within three days I was back at the psychiatric urgent care. My mom and her friends called the police because I was doing crazy things and wouldn't stop. I was in a full blown psychosis and in my head thought they were the crazy ones. This time I was put in a psychiatric hospital for three weeks. They stopped the prozac and the steroids and left me on 600 mg of Seroquel, put me back on klonopin and added 1000 mg of depaoke er. I agreed to try the new combo of drugs. I had lost 70 pounds at that point and 17 inches. I hadn't been at weight since my 20's. I was proud of myself. I was still a big girl but I was losing. First visit w psych Dr she up the depaoke to 1250 mg. That's when the hair loss started. The weight gain was immediate. I went back to 1000 mg and the hair loss stopped. The depaoke or the lack of the prozac has helped. The paranoid thinking stopped. I'm sleeping again. But I've gained 40 pounds. And that really upsets me. I want to quit the depaoke. My Dr suggested lowering my seroquel from 600 mg to 400 mg. I'm not so sure of that. I need it to sleep, even if its only 4 hrs. So here I am looking for others like myself, for support and to gain more knowledge of my mental illness. Sorry for how long this is and hope I posted it in the right place.