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Jun 25, 2015, 04:31 PM
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I know I've posted a few times lately about feeling blah... Numb... Bored... No excitement or real interest in anything...
I'm on lamictal latuda and seroquel... And for the first time the most stable I've been.. But... Just existing kind of sucks... Are there certain meds out there that have been successful for bipolar that up the energy.. The motivation... The mood without tossing you into full blown mania? Just curious and I know we are all not Drs.. Plan to mention it to pdoc but he just moved my visits out to 3 months sense I've been so stable lately.. Could always call in and move it up.. Anyway rambling on... Sent from my iPhone 6 plus using Tapatalk
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Jun 25, 2015, 05:00 PM
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I know how you feel. It sucks. I'm on Wellbutrin and it has given me a big boost in energy and wakefulness. As if that isn't good enough, it helps with weight loss as well
 I'm not sure how much it actually helps my bipolar moods, but it does give me energy and my moods have been less intense and more stable.
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Jun 25, 2015, 05:45 PM
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I tried Wellbutrin a couple years ago... Didn't go to well under the meds I was on then...
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Jun 25, 2015, 05:47 PM
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Matter of fact I've never had good results with antidepressants.. Always kicked me into an episode of mania.. Prozac was the worst for me... Was real bad.. Caused a lot of damage
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Jun 25, 2015, 06:06 PM
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I am feeling the same. Thoughts of going hypomanic but I think it was just rare moments if happiness/ excitement.
They are more and more rare. |
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Jun 25, 2015, 06:07 PM
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Anti-depressant tend to either have no effect on me or make my moods a little worse. I'm also on a mood stabilizer which helps to cancel out the Wellbutrin, I guess. Not real sure why it works for me and not others. If you really want to talk to your DR about this, then I would try to move up your appointment. 3 months is a long time to wait. If you feel its that important try to get in earlier. That's what doctors are there for.
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Jun 25, 2015, 06:08 PM
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I know what you mean. I can't tell anymore if my happiness/energy/ good mood is because of hypomania or just regular happiness. It's so frustrating. More so because no one can tell me the answer. |
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Jun 25, 2015, 06:11 PM
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I told my therapist last time that on a scale of +5 to -5 that I was at 0. Fun! (heavy sarcasm)
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Jun 25, 2015, 06:20 PM
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Not at all trying to invalidate anyone's experiences, but these sorts of conversations are so hard for me to even wrap my mind around. I've been without medication for years and it's like being in an endless nightmare. So many terrible intrusive thoughts, can never relax not even physically, agitated even when I've been sleeping for 14 hours at a time, constantly freaking out internally, one disaster after another in my life. I read posts describing how numb or flat people feel and I'm just like oh dear god my pdoc appointment for meds cannot get here soon enough. I feel like I would trade my left eyeball to feel numb these days.
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Jun 25, 2015, 06:27 PM
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It's always a goal to enjoy life.... I've been in your shoes so to speak and it's not good I understand.. However being flat and mundane month after month also is not an enjoyable experience.. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence mentality... Being happy is the goal here.. Lately I've just been trying to live my life through my kids.. Because my life is more boring then mr Rodgers neighborhood Sent from my iPhone 6 plus using Tapatalk
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Jun 25, 2015, 06:30 PM
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I'm sorry you feel that way copperstar. Hopefully we can each find a happy medium.
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Jun 25, 2015, 06:40 PM
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Jun 25, 2015, 07:05 PM
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It took me 4 years to get to this point and I'm probably one of the luckier ones as far as that goes... Just sometimes I wonder if this is how the regular joe feels most days... Being stable now I mean... In that case regular joe life sucks.. I currently have no interests... I'm like a robot. I've worked 5 weeks straight no days off... Go to bed at 8 every night. Take my meds at ten tip 8 every single night. Wake up at 6 every morning.. I follow a strict pattern to remain stable and have been this way for 9 months.... It's just getting old.. Especially with no real feelings of joy
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Jun 25, 2015, 07:11 PM
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