[Trakehnerjumper4]

I called my pdoc this morning and talked to him nurse.. she was supposed to call me back after she talked to him. I felt a little better and way able to go to the store, but now that Im home My thoughts were racing so fast I felt like screaming!! I was curled up in the corner of my room freaking out! Im tempted to take some of my seroquel now and then the rest at bedtime to see if that helps!! I don't know what to do and I feel like Im going crazy!!

[Wanderlust90]

I'm feeling somewhat the same & im sorry your in the same boat.

I can't relax. Irritable, restless & discontent. I've been pacing aimlessly just thinking. I'm bored out of my mind but I can't focus, nothing seems appealing. My thoughts are not racing but confused & repetitive & intrusive. I don't know what to do. It's a chronic state but sometimes gets very intense. I don't know what it is. I'm sick of trying to find the problem. Is there even one?

[gonetomaui]

does exercise help any of this. before I had disc injuries to my neck I used to exercise a lot and that helped?

[Wanderlust90]

Exercise has not helped me no. Unfortunately the only things that ever have were substances like alcohol/benzodiazepines & sometimes stimulants but they can also make it even more intense & just absolutely horrible.

[BPFigment]

I am new on this site have been dealing with bipolar or I should say attempting to treat since I'm 18 and now I'm 33. I just did my new member intro if you wanted to check out more about it. Luckily at the moment I am only hypomanic for 2 or 3 days but it was better than the depression I was in for a a good week and a half or 2 weeks so I been up late and trouble sleeping. I wish I could just pause this illness at the current state. I can't stand these medicines anymore I'm so tired of the rapid cycling. The seroquel is good but I don't want to increase it to stop the hypomania or mania cuz it really just slows the mind down too much to the point that ur just there and not productive. I'm tired of this illness and the things a person must do and deal with that people with healthy brains don't have to do.....it just sucks. On side note Trak I would maybe call up ur Doc and ask about getting xanax that usually works nice and quick to slow your mind down a bit when it's racing too out of control without them maybe having to permanently up the seroquel if this is your new normal state of mind. But I'm no Doctor so I would call the doc and ask what to do.

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[Trakehnerjumper4]

Hopefully she calls me back in the am, I just hate how my Dr's usual idea is to reduce Lamictal, but that's what keeps me from falling down into depression, maybe he will finally realize I need more help then just changing doses to no avail.... I'm still really shaken up even had a voice screaming in my head which made everything worse!! I'm finally coming down a little and went and ran 3 miles... Didn't help much cauz I was just angrily running, but feel better than a few hours ago! Thanks everybody and hopefully get some help tomorrow!!

[Keegan2015]

Ugh... the ol' "Dialing in the meds" experiment. The funnest, most enjoyable, amazing guessing game.

(Sarcasm... obviously)

I think its good that you went for a run, maybe try listening to some guided meditations on youtube or something like that? Those have been helping me calm down a bit lately.

[BPFigment]

Originally Posted by Trakehnerjumper4

Hopefully she calls me back in the am, I just hate how my Dr's usual idea is to reduce Lamictal, but that's what keeps me from falling down into depression, maybe he will finally realize I need more help then just changing doses to no avail.... I'm still really shaken up even had a voice screaming in my head which made everything worse!! I'm finally coming down a little and went and ran 3 miles... Didn't help much cauz I was just angrily running, but feel better than a few hours ago! Thanks everybody and hopefully get some help tomorrow!!

Ya well that's the typical protocol when you are heading into mania is usually reducing the antidepressant and raising the mood stabilizer. I have become so good at knowing what the doctor is going to do I usually take a guess and am always correct. It's like I have the same qualifications as the dumb psychiatrist and I never even finished college. I probably should of and become a psychiatrist so I can see someone for 10 min and charge them 200 dollars .

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[BPFigment]

Let us know how it goes after you speak with Doc. It's 1 am and not remotely tired yet. I can go on for days until I take the seroquel to shut my mind down which I don't really ever do often cuz I know i need to sleep plus by the 2nd day when I should have been sleeping I start getting very nauseous. I don't know if its because its like withdrawal from not having seroquel or because my brain and body is probably so exhausted even though I am not tired that I get sick.

Anyways let me know how it goes and thank you for being on here. This is my first day doing this forum and I think its really awesome to be able to talk to people that actually get what you are feeling and experiencing and not just thinking they get it when you know they dont or they would not be saying what they say.

[Trakehnerjumper4]

Finally got a hold of my doc and he's raising my seroquel to 100mg during day and 200mg at night! Hopefully that helps and doesn't make me fall asleep in class.

[BPFigment]

How did it work out for you today after switching to 100 mg during the day? I have never taken seroquel during day I take my 400 mg at night.

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