[invisibleboy]

I went to my psychiatrist almost 2 weeks ago because I was slipping into depression so she started me on a low dose of imipramine. Tricyclics are known to not play well with bipolar disorder but she figured I’d be ok because I’m on other meds. I’m not technically on a mood stabilizer, but we have been using seroquel as a mood stabilizer for a while now.

Both my doc and the pharmacist warned me that it would make me drowsy. It does not. I wake up at 3 am. I wasn’t worried about mania because I was missing sleep but still felt tired, didn’t have racing thoughts, etc.

But in the past 24 hours, my anxiety has ramped up to the point that I feel like mania is on the way. My cat was sick the other day and I spoke to a vet and she turned out ok but if it happens again I don’t have money for a vet visit. I’ve been isolating ever since I started the imipramine because hiding and binge watching Netflix keeps me from thinking too much.

When I was a kid I used to have extreme anxiety about global events. I watched some tv special about the sun swallowing the earth when I was 12 and would lie awake at night expecting the world to end any minute. That’s how I’m feeling now. I’m waiting for my apartment to burn down or collapse or for there to be nuclear war or something.

This feels really bad, I was trying to convince myself I’m fine and just imagining it but I’m not, and I’m worried. I have an appointment with my psychiatrist on Monday to see how the new med is working. I’m going to tell her this is definitely bad.

[UpDownAround]

Hopefully you can hang in there until Monday. I think it's a good sign that you can still describe the anxiety rationally.

[Shazerac]

This definately sounds med related. Maybe try not taking the med for one night and see if you feel better tomorrow. You haven't been taking it very long so it should be ok.

[~Christina]

Im glad you have an appt on Monday best to catch this crap asap.

Continue to binge watch .. Its my escape too

[NatsukiKuga]

Might you consider stopping taking it for now?

[invisibleboy]

Thanks for your responses, folks. I did consider stopping it but that anxious feeling luckily passed. I’m watching myself carefully and will be completely honest with my psychiatrist tomorrow.

The sleep and anxiety issues are the bad parts of this med. Also I’ve been getting dizzy when I stand up. I’ve had high blood pressure for a while and blood pressure meds haven’t helped much, but on imipramine my blood pressure is normal. I’ll keep monitoring it to make sure it isn’t too low.

My interest and concentration are coming back too. So there are good things? I don’t want to feel like I did on Friday night but how I feel now is a lot better than before.

[Sunflower123]

I’m glad you’re feeling better but still glad you have an appointment tomorrow. I hope you get it resolved.

[invisibleboy]

Thanks. It kind of hit me a few hours ago how exhausted I am. I feel weak and nauseated, no appetite and just generally feel awful. I’m worried, but hopefully will have a blood draw tomorrow before my appointment. I think I’m going to skip the imipramine tonight since I’m going to ask to stop it tomorrow anyway. I’m on a very tiny dose (25 mg) so I’m a bit scared my psychiatrist won’t believe me.