[Mr. Radio]

I've been back on meds for about 10 months now and feel like things are back to normal for the most part. I'm not angry, depressed, nor having big mood swings. I'm just curious as to if anyone still has symptoms while on meds. If so what are they?

I still get anxiety and depression on meds. Lately being frustrated by that and I have been getting agitated too (internally).

[Ripose]

I have been on meds for years and had always experienced bipolar symptoms. It was not until I got a different doctor to finally increase my dosages and start me on Lamictal that I could finally say I am symptom free (or at least GREATLY reduced).

[secretgalaxy]

I still feel my mania stirring underneath my meds. If I am even 1 hour late, it comes roaring out and it seems that it takes longer for my meds to kick in.

[HALLIEBETH87]

As of right now...yes I do.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

I rarely don't have symptoms. But I've been hard to treat and that of course makes symptom free less likely. I did have a period of time that I had few symptoms that worried me (I think my therapist and pdoc worried more) but mostly I have some symptoms all the time. When they are mild I consider it a good time.

It ebbs and flows. It's been ten months since my last manic/psychotic break. It took me about six months and the right medication combination for me to feel 'stable'. I had some serious PTSD after the break so I think that working through that was a big factor in my recovery. However, I still get really emotional and have anxiety issues, and feel more fragile than I did than before the break. I have to try my best to take care of myself and lead a low stress lifestyle, which isn't always easy.

[Wander]

Yes, but less severe. Sometimes I need higher dosages to reign the episodes in and sometimes I am symptom free. On occasion I still get out of control and am hospitalised. Right now I am celebrating six months without being in hospital. The longest time I have remained out of hospital in five and a half years!

[BipolaRNurse]

Up until my last med increase, I had almost continuous symptoms, although much milder than they would've been had I not been on meds. The last adjustment finally killed the last of the depression in January and I've been good ever since.

[WibblyWobbly]

My pdoc increased my lithium and it's been about a week since I've had any symptoms. Fingers crossed...

[~Christina]

Sure symptoms are going to pop up ..

The thing is people often get scared and blame any emotional swing to Bipolar once they are on meds and in treatment... being mad angry sad down can all happen and it have nothing to do with Bipolar... Emotions are emotions.

I often get totally pissed off, and its not Bipolar ist being human , just keep that in mind.

[Sesiley]

Yes. Less severe than what it could be! Feels like I have an actual conscious....

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[Homeira]

I have the symptoms despite being on meds. But they are less intense. Hypomania/mild mania hits from time to time, but it lasts a lot shorter than it used to. Depression is always my stalker though.
Maybe I have the wrong medication? I ask myself that. But then again I am scared of taking more of anything. Maybe silly and counterproductive. But I think that meds are supposed to lessen symptoms. Not completely remove them.
I think that being on or off meds is a question of finding the right compromise between symptoms versus side-effects of the meds. It is a tricky question, and I think that each person must find their own combo there. I don`t want to loose my hypomania, because it brings with it such creativity and makes me very productive. But I have to have meds to control them.

[gayleggg]

I still get anxious and depressed, just not as bad. The episodes are shorter and easier to get through.

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[raspberrytorte]

Right now I'm not. Finally I feel back to normal. Only took seven months! (It's been seven months since my last actual episode, or what I consider an actual episode).

[Blackbeltwolfmother]

For me still get occasional light funks, but nowhere near what they would be otherwise.
I like to think of it like the meds turn extremely choppy seas into a mildly undulating ocean.
I'm happy with that!

[A Red Panda]

Yep I sure do! Medications don't usually totally erase symptoms for mental health issues (how could they when medical science doesn't have them totally figured out?!). So depressions and (hypo)manias will still occur.

They're just usually more muted, and shorter in duration.

My depressions since being on medication has been more mild, and easier to ignore. My hypomanias have been insanely short lived and energy level is muted, which annoys me like it does most of us! But it helps with the depressions so I'll take it.

[gina_re]

Definitely, but the highs aren't as high, and the lows aren't as low. Every person is different, and there will be breakthrough episodes from time to time, just not as severe.

[BrandonAK]

You all give me hope that these meds will actually do something! I've been on for a couple weeks. I'm still lazy, but that's probably just me being me

I just increased to 50mg lamictal this evening!

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[Blackbeltwolfmother]

Hooray for hope! With it, we can do so much more, and feel so much better!

[FireKitty]

I like to say that my pendulum still swings, just not as wildly as before. The combination of meds and therapy is what is working so far to keep my moods in check.

[cashart10]

I don't get as high and rarely become psychotic on meds but they have had no effect on my depressions. I still become extrememly suicidal when very low.

[yanks7]

This is a great thread for me because it really bothers me that I do have symptoms when medicated kind of like what is the point of medication or is this BPD? Anyway I do get these flare ups in my mood that used to last several month and now we are talking about an hour or two maybe a day or two. Which honestly could be a maladaptive personality trait but the meds seem to keep it in check. Like they won't let it spiral out of control and I can use mindfulness or whatever to reign everything back in. I could never do that in the past my mind would just take off with it and warp it into a really dark situation when in reality the person just didn't notice me and that why they didn't wave (stupid example but I am a little tired right now)

My meds cut the severity of my episodes by about half. It's still hard to cope with the depressions and i still have bad judgement when i'm manic but it's a lot better than without meds.

[Blue_Bird]

Besides anxiety, and even that is mostly only when I'm in public, I have no symptoms on the meds I'm on. I'm really lucky to have found a combo that works as well as it does, it took a while though and several hospitalizations.