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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
I'm questioning my diagnosis again. It's a bit complicated, but... I have been on rexulti for 3 years (give or take) and have not had a manic episode that I can remember. Normally, one would think, "great, that means the med is working!" but rexulti isn't approved for treating mania, so that means either my low dose of lamictal (200mg) is preventing mania, or I don't have a BP diagnosis. Plus, I'm feeling fine off rexulti. No anxiety today, unlike yesterday.
I kinda wonder if I just have ADHD, and that ADHD causes my depression/anxiety. My therapist says I've been "manic," but now I just think that was my ADHD showing through (since my ADHD is normally masked by depression, and I guess I wasn't depressed for once...?). I can't recall any elevated mood states.
I don't know what I'm saying. I think I just want off these meds altogether and to just take ritalin. No more Zoloft, no more lamictal, and no more rexulti (well, I'm not taking it anymore, but you know what I mean). I fail to see what any of those meds do except for ritalin.
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Hmmmm, I remember you thinking this before. It didn't go well. Sometimes we don't know exactly what our meds are doing to help. Also, I don't think that just because a me isn't specifically indicated for a given symptom that it doesn't work on it. Like (don't know if still, but it used to be) that Lamictal wasn't indicated for BP 2, even though it works very well for that. Also, for instance, that anti-psychotic isn't only effective for psychosis.