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Old Apr 29, 2022, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by all74 View Post
I’m just sinking. My med cocktail evidently isn’t working again. So we’ll tweak it again. Then it’ll stop working again. What’s the point? Should I even hope for stability? I can’t stand the idea of another drug. I’m on 6 of them now. 6!!! I feel like I’m a medicine whack-a-mole machine. Does anyone else struggle with this?

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I have in the past, but not for the past year at all and a few years prior things had improved notably enough. So, no, no need to be hopeless at all. I realize that patience through the journey can be hard, as is perseverance. More stability will happen, though.
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Dx: Bipolar type 1

Psych Medications:
* Tegretol XR (carbamazepine ER) 800 mg
* Lamictal (lamotrigine) 150 mg
* Seroquel XR (quetiapine ER) 500 mg

I also take meds for blood pressure, cholesterol, and tachycardia.