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Originally Posted by BethRags
Hey there, FluffyD, I'm wondering if your overmedicated from the lithium and Lamictal together, since you're still taking some lithium.
You have to care about meds. You naturally feel defeated because they're not doing what they need to be doing. As for anxiety - my worst problem with treating BD was that nothing was alleviating my severe anxiety (which is often part of a dysphoric mania). Finally, finally, after years of trying meds my pdoc prescribed perphenazine (Trilafon). It was like magic. My level of anxiety dropped way down. Might be worth mentioning to your psychiatrist.
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I spoke to him today, and I'm going to taper off the lithium. I'm hoping that will help, but I'm also a little afraid to do it. What if it makes me more unstable, and then covid gets worse and I lose access to my therapist again? I don't want to make that situation any worse than it already would be. But I suppose we'll see if it helps or not, and if not I might preemptively build the lithium back up at least until the covid hell is over. Right now I'm just tired of all the meds. If Lamictal doesn't work either then I'm considering ECT. I'm going on 9 months of alternating between depression and mixed, and I just have to make it stop because I'm worn out. I also need to stabilize my life but there's too much change and uncertainty that I have no control over, and that includes covid.