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#1
Oct 24, 2011, 06:58 PM
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Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this but I have felt like I was in good place medicine wise and now I am pre-menstrual and am SOOOOOO irritable I can't stand it. I have absolutely NO patience and am irritated with everything. Any thoughts? I want to go back to the happy place I was in just yesterday
 ETA: I'm on Lamictal 100mg, Buspar 45mg, Lexapro 20mg, and 0.5mg Klonopin PRN |
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Oct 24, 2011, 07:08 PM
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My wife increases her Depakote by 250 mg a day during that time (with her pdoc's approval, of course) and it really helps her.
Two months ago she went back on the pill, even though she has had a tubal and it has helped not only when premenstral, but it has helped her Depakote work better all month long by evening out her hormones. Hope this helps. |
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Oct 24, 2011, 07:13 PM
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Oct 25, 2011, 07:32 AM
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Oct 25, 2011, 07:56 AM
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I don't amend my meds, but my pdoc has often asked me to consider if my moods are at times not driven by my monthly cycle.
It would make perfect sense to increase your meds if your pdoc agrees
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"I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed. Robert H. Schuller" Current dx: Bipolar Disorder Unspecified Current Meds: Epitec (Lamotrigine) 300mg, Solian 50mg, Seroquel 25mg PRN, Metformin 500mg, Klonopin prn |
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#6
Oct 25, 2011, 10:39 AM
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I've never thought of that. My cycle give me huge problems, mood wise. Hmm something to think about.
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Oct 25, 2011, 01:59 PM
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My doctor and I talked about increasing my AD during the premenstrual period, but nothing came of it at the time.
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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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#8
Oct 25, 2011, 02:09 PM
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I'd never considered that, but my menstrual cycle kind of does its own thing regardless. Only thing I've noticed is that my mood gets really, really dark a couple of days before I start, but I don't know that it's really worth a mention otherwise.
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dx: bipolar I - lamictal 150mg/risperdal 3mg/klonopin .5mg "Neither a lofty degree of intelligence, nor imagination, nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, that is the soul of genius." --Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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#9
Oct 25, 2011, 06:04 PM
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Never have, as my mood cycling doesn't have any corrrelation with the "other" cycle.
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#10
Oct 25, 2011, 06:43 PM
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I'm still working on tracking my moods but for sure "the week before" causes alot of anger, frustration, and irritablity. I'm so frustrated
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Oct 25, 2011, 07:28 PM
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I have thought of tweaking meds to deal with the pms, but take preventative measures during that time. Mostly charting and realizing it is that time, getting enough rest, exercising, and letting others know I am irritable-that seems to diffuse it a lot.
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Oct 26, 2011, 04:22 PM
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Yeah, I get pretty hyper-emotional for a couple days just before my period. It's enough of a shift that at some point I realize, hey, this isn't normal, even for me. And then I check the calendar, and cut myself some slack - the estrogen and progesterone shortage just really seems to screw me over.
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#13
Oct 27, 2011, 07:49 PM
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Well I was diagnosed with PMDD today by my Tdoc
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#14
Oct 27, 2011, 10:02 PM
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And the treatment is ... ?
You must have been going thru some very rugged times. Hope you get serious relief with this dx. 
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#15
Oct 28, 2011, 04:12 AM
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I'm already on an AD I see my GYN on tuesday my Tdoc wants me to tell him, I may get placed on birth control for the hormones but then I'm on Lamictal and that can affect that so...................... UGH!! So frustrating! |
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#16
Oct 28, 2011, 04:31 AM
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Mixing up the chemicals in the test-tube. & you're the testtube. Sorry, Starchild. I guess it's cross-fingers time & hope they get it right the first time!
Thinking about you, sending best thoughts. 
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Oct 29, 2011, 10:45 PM
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This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.|
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