I know there is a thread about this, but let me ask again. Do cold meds, sudafed, etc, effect you?

I have been taking enough meds to tranquilize a horse and I am still up all night. Last night I took a sleeping pill, and ativan, a muscle relaxant, tylenol PM and theraflu.

I still only slept for a few hours at a time.

I saw a doctor today and got prescribed cough med with codeine to add to the mix. I told him I was bipolar.

It will be an interesting night.

[~Christina]

I hope your able to get some sleep.

Thank you. Do you think meds can effect you hypomanically? I am assuming they did last night. The only time I can't sleep is when I am cycling.

Yep, they are affecting me. I just took a big swig of codeine cough syrup and the doctor said take it in bed. Now I am feeling wired.

Interestingly I find my mood elevates when I am suffering from cold or flu regardless of if I take medication.

The cold medication can affect you, more likely to be psuedoephadrine in the mix somewhere thats setting you off.

[WibblyWobbly]

Pseudophedrine makes me wired and opiates keep me awake because I experience mild euphoria. Nighttime medicine knocks me out though—I'm not sure if it's the cough suppressant or antihistamine that does it.

The doctor asked if I wanted the "light" cough syrup with codeine or the "hard" one with oxycodeine.

I said the light. It has helped my cough but It is not making me drowsy at all and I really need it every 4 hours like the bottle says.

This is a pain in the butt. It is the worst virus I have had in a long time.

[Edgar's Mom]

Take a good pro-biotic to give your immune system the help it needs...

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I did too much. I went on vacation, got a tattoo (so I am healing, stress for body), flew home with a sick passenger behind me, and then had my intravenous Tysabri-which is an immune modulator for my Multiple Sclerosis.

I push myself of vacation. Now I am sick and taking meds which could destabilize me.

UGH... I hope to get some good quality sleep and take it easy for the next few days.

My Mom and bro are flying to New York for the World Series but I put my foot down and said I can not go.

I just need some down time to recuperate. Just don't want to cycle.

[Trippin2.0]

Sedation has never been a side effect I experience, meds that are designed to knock me out rarely even do, and if they manage to somehow pull it off, I build up a tolerance fairly quickly.

Hope you get the rest you need.

Originally Posted by Trippin2.0

Sedation has never been a side effect I experience, meds that are designed to knock me out rarely even do, and if they manage to somehow pull it off, I build up a tolerance fairly quickly.

Hope you get the rest you need.

Thank you. I slept but I got up every few hours to have a huge coughing fit. The codeine didn't knock me out but it did help me with coughing.

It is strange looking back on things before being diagnosed. Meds have always effected me differently than people without bipolar. I just never knew what my diagnosis was.