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Mar 17, 2018, 09:43 AM
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I'm finally in remission and I am putting my life back together. I've been cycling between severe and mild depressive episodes for years, with the occasional mixed episode, and I am finally stable. It had gotten to the point where pdoc and I were discussing ECT. He even referred me to the psychiatrist who had done it for me in the past.
We decided to try another anti-depressant while waiting for the consult. It was 40 mg of Fetzima, a newer SNRI. And it worked wonders bringing me out of my depression. It got to the point where I was starting to get hypomania. I saw the specialist and we decided that the ECT was no longer necessary and he recommended adding a mood stabilizer that was not an anti-convulsant so that I could have ECT with it as need. Last time I had ECT, I had to go off my mood stabilizers since they inhibited the seizures, and I ended up in a mixed episode. My pdoc put me on 40 mg of Latuda. I'm doing really well right now. I've gotten active again on PsychCentral, even moderating again and I am restarting the Bipolar Support Chat which I lead in the past. I am going to Peer Connections group with the local CMHA (Canadian Mental Health Association.) I'm moving back into my condo, from my parents place and I am going back to work in April. I may even go and get my Health Care Aide certificate. I am doing really well, and I had gotten to the point where I didn't think it was possible. I was very passively suicidal and now I am happy to be alive.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Mar 17, 2018, 09:46 AM
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Yay Merlin
 So glad things are looking up for you!
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Mar 17, 2018, 01:18 PM
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WOW!!!!!
This is great news!!!!! I am very happy for you. what a sense of relief to finally see the light, your life before you. So happy for you. This is the best thing that I have heard in a long time! You are an inspiration! bizi 
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Mar 17, 2018, 02:25 PM
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Congrats, Merlin.
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Mar 17, 2018, 07:04 PM
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Congratulations!
Thank you for posting your story. I really needed to hear something positive
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Mar 17, 2018, 09:40 PM
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That's wonderful Merlin! Welcome back to LIFE!!
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DX: Bipolar 1 Anxiety Tardive dyskinesia Mild cognitive impairment RX: Celexa 20 mg Gabapentin 1200 mg Geodon 40 mg AM, 60 mg PM Klonopin 0.5 mg PRN Lamictal 500 mg Levothyroxine 125 mcg (rx'd for depression) Trazodone 150 mg Zyprexa 7.5 mg Please come visit me @ http://bpnurse.com |
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Mar 18, 2018, 04:09 AM
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Quite a story! Thanks for sharing!
WC
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Mar 18, 2018, 08:35 PM
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Congratulations!
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Mar 19, 2018, 10:26 AM
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So fantastic to hear! Thanks for sharing.
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Mar 22, 2018, 04:58 PM
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That's so great! Long live your remission!
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Mar 25, 2018, 09:25 PM
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Congratulations. Thank you for the hope.
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Mar 26, 2018, 04:21 PM
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Congratulations, Merlin!
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Mar 29, 2018, 09:43 PM
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That's wonderful! I needed to hear something good today thanks for sharing!
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May 27, 2018, 08:29 PM
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I 'm so happy for you. Stick with what's working.
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May 27, 2018, 10:17 PM
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I had a bit of a dip last month, but I think I back at my baseline.
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! ---"Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society". Abraham Lincoln Online. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. September 30, 1859. |
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Oct 14, 2018, 05:45 AM
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