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#1
May 27, 2014, 03:19 PM
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I am curious. I see that many here do not find therapeutic benefit with their meds. Some do, but remission seems to not be possible for them.
Who has achieved this elusive goal of remission?
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May 27, 2014, 03:28 PM
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I have had remission of symptoms due to medications, for as long as three years once and a couple of years at other times. Medications have kept me stable more times than not but it seems most don't work for me for long. But to be honest I can't make it without the antidepressants. I hit bottom really bad without them. I wouldn't be here today if it weren't for antidepressants.
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May 27, 2014, 05:04 PM
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I have been stable for 2 1/2 years on lithium and Saphris. Thank GOD for my meds! It was a roller coaster ride before I was put on this combination.
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May 27, 2014, 06:40 PM
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I was stable for 2 years on Seroquel and Risperidone but when they lowered my Testosterone dosage everything went nuts again.
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May 27, 2014, 09:36 PM
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I did well on Wellbutrin and Lexapro for a while. But then I went manic. I miss how I felt while it was working. I felt contentment and peace. I had energy. I would dance while I worked. I joked around and had fun with everybody. I went out a lot. I felt focused and accomplished many of my goals. I really miss that time period. It's the best I have felt since I was a little kid. R.I.P feeling good.
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May 27, 2014, 09:53 PM
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My bipolar & ptsd have been under control since late 2007. The biggest help has been clozapine, neurontin and selegiline + some sleep meds.
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May 28, 2014, 07:34 AM
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My bipolar and social anxiety has been treated successfully for 10 yrs, except once when I had a manic episode due to raising my own antidepressant without talking to my doctor. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
My meds are Lamictal, Geodon and Klonopin. I have Bipolar I. Last edited by wing; May 28, 2014 at 08:56 AM. |
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May 28, 2014, 09:20 AM
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Now the symptoms are back and the doses of my meds have been increased but I'm refusing a mood stabilizer, well for now anyway. I find remission can really screw with your head. I convinced myself that it was never going to come back. I was devastated when the symptoms returned and am having to come to terms all over again that this isn't going anywhere. |
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May 28, 2014, 09:22 AM
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May 28, 2014, 01:21 PM
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I've wondered (and asked) this same thing. It sure seems like lost people with BP are not stable, and are always changing meds. It scares me. I recently had a bad reaction to 3 days of an antidepressant; it put me into a mixed episode that is so dark, I'm barely making it. My pdoc recently agreed to let me take a drug holiday to see how I do. That also scares me. Feel like I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't.
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May 28, 2014, 04:53 PM
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I was on a ton of meds about three months ago when I went inpatient. While I was inpatient they took away all psych meds I was on and put me on just lithium. I have been in remission since then but I am just waiting for my body to reject like it has everything else.
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May 28, 2014, 05:17 PM
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May 28, 2014, 05:30 PM
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I hear you on the trade off. Lithium makes my gut feel like its in nots someday.
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May 29, 2014, 12:43 AM
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I'm in full remission, but it's only been for a little over two months so I guess I can't really call myself stable quite yet. Getting there, though.
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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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May 29, 2014, 11:07 PM
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DD seems to be doing very well (age 14 and diagnosed 3 months ago) on Lithium, Abilify, Propranolol and Melatonin for sleep! She responded pretty quickly to Lithium and when Abilify was added about 2 months later the improvements we even more significant. The propranolol helps to control her panic attacks.
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Jun 01, 2014, 04:26 PM
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I felt really well last summer into fall, but then had a manic episode. Probably not the first one but one I was aware of. I wonder now if that feeling better part was hypomania leading into mania. I eas diagnosed BP years ago but never understood what that meant until recently. Just didn't do the research and didn't believe it at the time.
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Jun 01, 2014, 04:39 PM
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The only remission I had was for 6 months after quitting my meds. I didn't experience any quiet before, nor the 2 years on medication ( definitly not! unless you count zombified toward the end... ) and mind you it wasn't directly after quitting either.
It was an impulsive "sick of this shytti side effects bullshyt" type decision and I went through 3 months of hell after I cold turkeyed.  But then it was so nice and damn quiet for a whole 6 months Lovely I tell you.
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Jun 01, 2014, 05:34 PM
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wonder now if that feeling better part was hypomania leading into mania.
This is exactly what I have been asking myself lately. Maybe I am confusing hypomania with baseline.
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Jun 01, 2014, 05:45 PM
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"Am I in a good mood, or is this hypomania?" The age old question...I use sleep habits as my guide.
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Jun 01, 2014, 05:56 PM
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I check sleep habits, energy levels and cognitive activity (racing thoughts and also quality of thoughts) before labelling happy as hypo...
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