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Originally Posted by still_crazy
so you can be a little more "picky" about your psych drugs, or at least...that's my take on it.
I hope things work out well for you.
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Yep, I believe I can, at least to an extent. My unbalanced mood puts me in suicide risk and I self-harm and abuse of meds, but I'm not in full mania. I get what you mean, don't worry.
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Originally Posted by TicTacGo
Chances are your doc will prescribe lithium, a very old, yet very effective mood stabilizer (blood tests for thyroid and kidney function will probably happen first)
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Thanks! I think lamotrigine alone isn't helping me, at least not at this dosage. I'm thankful that it holds back my mood spikes, but only the hypomaniac ones: anger and weird impulsive mood is still here.
I can't take lithium, too many thyroid dysfunction cases in both sides of my family and I wouldn't take the risk. My mom is probably mentally ill too and when her hyperthyroidism was out of control it made things a lot worse.
On a side note, I think "feeling good" is a withdraw symptom. I'm insomniac and euphoric. Damn.