I take them. 2 in the morning, and 2 at night. I notice when I'm not taking them that my anxiety and irritability, as well as unpredictability, all increase. I found that out when I actually forgot to take them for a few weeks. Once I realized that my mood changes coincided with the timing of stopping the pills, I started taking them again.
I find, in general, that they have done a decent job of preventing my hypomania (not sure I appreciate that wholly), and so far my depressions have been short lived. I've been swinging down lately, though, and I've been getting all my typical depressive symptoms (suicidal ideation, overwhelm, bouts of uncontrollable sobbing). I've also got some of my negative hypo symptoms right now - pressured speech, rapid rise to anger.
So, in the end (like my experience with lots of interventions), I'm not sure if my cycle aligned with timing of the pills to make me feel like they helped. I didn't get a depressed cycle for over a year on them - so maybe? I'm taking them now, though, and feel so mixed up emotionally, I really don't know what to think...
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