Hello!

Does anyone have experience with a specific person triggering symptoms every time you see them? If so, do you have any advice for what I'm about to explain?

I live in a different state than my mom, and intentionally don't see her often because of things connected to my childhood, but whenever I do visit I end up in a hypomanic or mixed state and need to change my meds. This is of course not ideal, but is also concerning because I don't have a ton of med options because of how badly I get the side effects from such small doses of a lot of meds.

Oftentimes, just the preparation of going to see her negatively impacts my mental health.

I want to be able to go to the state my mom lives in because my godsons lives there, but I also am sick of needing med changes and having to deal with 2-3 months of a recovery period whenever I go visit...I would also like to be able to visit from time to time but don't know what to do because I also can't afford to become unstable every time I see her (or have a tough phone call with her).