I did with caffeine. I really treated it like a drug of abuse because it got me through the day. But because of that I've been off of caffeine completely (except the little bit in chocolate)for 8 years now. The huge crash (over and over since caffeine doesn't last long) was not worth it and neither was not responding to meds because the caffeine overcame them. Realizing what I was doing was fairly horrifying because my manias are dysphoric and awful but I needed the energy to work. I had to go off work to get on Seroquel and I changed jobs nearly immediately after going back so that I could be in a different (unfortunately much worse) environment.
ETA: I do not recommend this!!!!!!!!
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD.
Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
Last edited by BeyondtheRainbow; Aug 08, 2015 at 08:18 PM.
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