par for the course

been an absolutly wonderful last two weeks ... been helping around the house ... full of energy and life ... work stress almost gone ... new T getting everything in shape ... being social ...

well all honest hard working people must be punished ... I developed severe dizzness and have had to drop the trazadone back and the energy is droping back too ... now I have developed a tick in my wrists ... rocking my hands , first the left now the right ... thought it was my imagination but wife has observed it too ... guess the lamictal goes back now ... still not told pdoc yet .. waiting for appt in a few days ... felt so good and within a week back to where I was most of last year ...

trying to keep my chin up ... I had forgot what it felt like to be almost normal ... yes virginia it was a wonderful life ... I almost wish I never felt good because it so painful to see it wade away ... so slow going up ... but drops like a rock ... Tigger ...

I only wish I had Soon-kyu ... but she is just a faded memory ...

Your burst of energy followed by the drain in energy makes it sound as if you're coming down from a hypo episode maybe? When I'm "coming down" it's like a light switch where I suddenly wake up, think about all that's said and done, and just want to sleep it off to forget. I've even taken my night time APs in the middle of the day to just sleep it all away. That or maybe some kind of side effects from meds. When I experience this, neither the up or down feel normal to me. I feel sick and know in the back of my mind that I am. I guess you can call it a depression after the high . Definitely bring it up with pdoc. Maybe a change in meds or a long nap is needed.

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At what dosage of lamotrigine are you and when did you start it? Did you start taking both meds at the same time?

Dizziness is not uncommon for trazodone or lamotrigine. I love my vertigo to be honest but, alas, it never lasts. Both is probably too mania-inducing. Personally, I'd keep the lamotrigine.

The rocking sounds more serious, but better now than insidiously and lasting. Hope it is nothing serious.

Saw my "new" T today ... she has asked to talk to my current pdoc and suggested I move to a different one ... i am afraid to give up my "pill pusher" but she gives me such a feeling of caring ... for the first time ever with a mental health professional I believe she really gives a damn about me and my life ... she scares me with change ... but fills me with hope it can really be better ... and maybe stay that way ... I am torn in every direction but I just have to trust her ... every fiber of me says trust her ... like I said ... a new start ... guys I believe I am on my way ... pray for me that I don't fall flat on my face ...

Did she say why you should consider finding a new psychiatrist?

well it could be six hours of listening to me ***** about him . Maybe the fact I am afraid of him. maybe because he has never listened to me unless I get in his face. Maybe she feels I just need a change ... take your pick, there is more if you have the time..

She sounds like a wonderful T! A new pdoc might be the answer since who you currently have doesn't seem to be working too well. You can go up from here, you're on your way!!

Hi Wiretwister. I wonder what your Pdoc would tell you if you told him you may change?
Cut you loose?
Act differently?
Good luck. The most important thing is to feel better.