Can you tell us all the symptoms you have been having?
Bi Polar II also includes depression. Depression is a very large part of it and the few symptoms you talked about sound like depression. Or it could be mixed state. Bi Polar 2 as opposed to 1 means the manic symptoms are not nearly as extreme. Usually hypo mania.
Personally Lithium would not be my first choice because of the side effects and possible toxicity. Are your blood levels being checked? Personally I like Lamictal. Why Adderall
and Ritalin for the ADD?
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I only vividly recall one in which I thought I could practically take on the entire world and then some.
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This sounds more like bi polar I but it depends on how extreme it was.
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I've been having an increase in suicidal and homicidal thoughts. It's literally what encompasses most of my thoughts now. And my SI urges have come up here and there Plus I'm almost always exhausted and refuse to go out on most days.
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This mainly sounds like depression. The homicidal thoughts I am not sure about. Maybe mixed episodes or rapid cycling? Most definitely talk to your psychiatrist about all of this. Maybe your pdoc thinks the Latuda will handle the depression side of things. It seems to me Adderall and Ritalin are a little dangerous to throw into bi polar. How do you react to the Adderall and Ritalin? Like does it make you calm and more focused or get you wired???