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Old Feb 13, 2023, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Scooter9 View Post
I'm traveling back today, but my gosh what a crazy past couple of days!

I had brain zaps happening every few seconds. It was so strange. Reality stopped for a moment during the zap and the zaps happened every few seconds. Turns out it was the gabapentin - I was missing doses because I was out or something for many days. Looks like that was enough to trigger acute withdrawal symptoms. I got back on schedule and things are much better now.

We visited more Mayan ruins but I didn't enjoy it because I was experiencing the brain zaps then and hadn't worked out why they were happening at that point. We took lots of photos but I'm not in many because apparently I wasn't looking to good.

How unfortunate that your vacation was made less enjoyable by missing a medication! That's good that you are back on track now. Traveling is tough for us folks with bipolar disorder. I've missed certain medications during travel, as well. During my last trip (to the US and coincidentally also Mexico), I was taking only 1/3 of my usual Seroquel dose. Also forgot my Synthroid, but I did get that med filled.
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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.
Thanks for this!
Nammu, Rosi700, Scooter9