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Tart Cherry Jam
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Default Feb 03, 2024 at 04:30 PM
 
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So apparently I have it, it probably started as a result of Covid I had in August 2022, but luckily it responds to amphetamine.
Dextroamphetamine Sulfate TABLET 5 MG which is the lowest dose of it. I have been on it for 5 days. It works like a miracle.
Unfortunately, side effects piled up after that initial "like a miracle" effect and I cannot tolerate taking Dexedrine continuously. I might still take it as a PRN, infrequently, when I cannot afford taking a midday nap.

Will be looking for other solutions.

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Bipolar I w/psychotic features
Last inpatient stay in 2018

Geodon 40 mg
Seroquel 75 mg


Gabapentin 1200 mg+Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects)

Long term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued:
- hypothyroidism
- obesity BMI ~ 38
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