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Sep 16, 2011, 12:31 AM
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 I have had bipolar disorder, anxiety for several years now. Tried I think every med out there. No major relief with any. Normally my doctors, family, friends, get more concerned when I hit the depression side. I get very suicidal & have been hospitalized countless times for that. Never been inpatient for the mania though. Docs are considering it now. This round of mania started about 6 months ago & has gotten WAY worse in the last month or so. I am also disabled with a very painful neurological disease called RSD/CRPS. Have gastroparesis (throw up several times a day for last year or so.....docs wanna put in a feeding tube soon). Many other medical problems, but those are the ones that immediately come to mind. Have been on very strong opiate narcotic pain relievers for several years. Anyways.....back to the manic thing. Nobody wants to be around or even talk to me right now. I just have too much energy. My psych doc tested me for OCD last week bc of how much OBSESSIVE organizing I am doing. I dont sleep anymore, so I just organize. If anyone moves anything slightly, I uncontrollably scream & curse at them. That is VERY out of character for me. I have always been a very sweet, quiet, go with the flow kind of person. Not right now I'm not!!! My mind is racing too much to even think what to right. I need to go pace in a second anyways. So, I will end this post. Please feel free to ask me anything. I would love the input. My current psych meds are Lithium, Lamictal, Xanax. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sep 16, 2011, 01:05 AM
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Sorry you're going through all that. not sure i would know how to deal. guess im just blessed the first med they tried on me worked and i havent had to change anything.
I'll be sure to say a prayer for you best wishes and good luck
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Sep 16, 2011, 03:13 AM
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ffgal, I can relate to the racing thoughts, especially the OBESSIVE organizing that part never goes away in any of my moods. I find that when manic I think of better and better ways each time to organize. Then my family gets mad cause they just figured out where the new organization of stuff was to find that they were changed to even a better organization method. Then I get very irritable cause they don't put things the way I have them or they move them back. It don't work if they don't follow the new organization plan.
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Sep 16, 2011, 07:50 AM
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It is most definitely difficult to deal with when you are manic and cannot sit still. The pain becomes excrutional (sp). I was on narcotics for a very long time and developed a dependency on them. It took a very long time to get over my addictions to all them all. I did it one at a time and it was very difficult. Since you are screaming and yelling at everyone, you may be experiencing dysphoric mania where you become very agitated and irritable. On your next pdoc appt, please let them know you are going through this. ((((hugs))))
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Sep 18, 2011, 11:44 PM
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Thanks everyone!! Saw my psych doctor Friday. She was very worried & said if things arent better in a few days she was going to make me go inpatient. She put me back on Seroquel to add to the Lithium & Lamicatal......started me at 300mg. Have taken it last 2 nights....helped me a little.....LITTLE!!! I have to see her again on Tuesday & if Im not doing better I will go inpatient
 I dont see what the big deal is....ive been having so much fun & gotten so much done. Only thing that sucks is what its like for the people around me.
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Sep 21, 2011, 06:48 PM
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In the hospital, they do normally seriously mess up my meds. A friend of mine that was there the same time as me has been telling me stories of things I was doing in there. She said I was totally out of it for groups, conversations with other patients, meals, etc. When this girls mom came to visit her, I had my wheelchair pulled up to the table & had my face on the table next to my bowl of cereal & when she tried to introduce us, I just grunted & didnt even pick up my head. I could go on for days with stories about this stuff.....funny but not cool. THey could really hurt me in there doing that stuff.
I saw my psych doc on Friday.......she wants me to add 600mg Seroquel to my meds. I used to take it several years ago. It is supposed to completely knock you out. For me, some days it does that & some days I am wide awake. My problems are with getting ANY sleep at all & keeping me calm throughout the day. I asked the doc if I could take 300mg at night, 150mg in morning, 150mg in afternoon. She said that was fine. I am really hoping it wil help.....wish me luck....... Last edited by ffgal; Sep 21, 2011 at 06:49 PM. Reason: misspell |
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