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Jun 08, 2010, 01:57 AM
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Hi, I'm new so I hope this is going in the right place.
I've had BP2 for a while now and been thru good and bad times before... but this time I'm struggling with a nasty depression. I was really hopeing that things were getting better... but I think they are getting worse, my doctors already up'd my antidepressants as much as he can but everything is still really crap. I can't seem to get any work done and its stressing me out heaps. I really need to be able to finish this work really soon... It's already taken way to long. Everything seems to be falling apart... 
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#2
Jun 08, 2010, 03:29 PM
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 BlackPup....hear ya, and it's a crappy place to be.I'm curious... you said that the doc has you on ADs. Only ADs? No mood stabilizer??? Is it a P-doc or a GP? I ask because of personal experience of having things go REALLY bad when I was just on ADs with a GP. Misdiagnosed + mismedicated = major mess. Those were the red flags that popped out in reading your post. Hope you can find the key to getting things better -- that may be a place to start, and hope it's some help to you. |
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Jun 08, 2010, 07:15 PM
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Yea had the same thing happen a while back, on mood stabilsers (Li and sometimes rispiridone) at the moment...
A bit better this morning... found a new place to stay 
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Jun 09, 2010, 04:25 AM
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Glad you managed to sort out one major thing that was stressing you!
When did you start your meds? Do you also suffer from anxiety - do you take something for it? Glad you are feeling better (((HUGS))) |
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Jun 09, 2010, 07:19 PM
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I was diagnosed 3 or 4 years ago (its a bit of a blur) undiagnosed for 7
 I have been on so many different drugs since then, to say my BP is treatment resistant is a bit of an understatement  I also seem to be able to get every single side effect possible (including hypo and hyper thyroidism with Lithium!!!!)My doctor is great - specialises in BP pharmacology... and things definitly have improved since then. I normally only get anxious when I'm in a bit of a mixed episode... so I think this happened cos the depression was fighting it out with the new AD... I think the AD won ... but it was pretty messy for a bit and I so don't have the time to get depressed right now!!!!!Thanks for all your kind words and support 
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Jun 10, 2010, 02:26 AM
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Does a benzo or other anti-anxiety med not help a bit? I find they make me a bit dull through the depression, which I can tolerate better than real, suicidal depression
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#7
Jun 10, 2010, 07:41 PM
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Jun 11, 2010, 04:05 AM
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I think Lithium is frowned upon in Sout Africa, but I need to do some more reasearch into it. I'm currently on Sodium Valporate, which is OK, but I find that the rug can still be pulled out from underneath me too easily.
The next thing I'm supposed to be trying is Lamictin. I hope you're feeling better- keep yourself and especially your mind occupied with other things and keep busy |
 BlackPup
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