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Nov 13, 2018, 05:55 PM
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My wife finally has a diagnosis with a cocktail that actually works.
After 2 years of multiple hospitalizations and multiple ECT sessions due to being on the wrong drug cocktail we finally got a diagnosis in August. She was diagnosed Bipolar 2. She's taking lithium 450mg Fluoxetine 20mg Lamotrigine 100mg Latuda 60mg 2 years of hell and me almost divorcing her. |
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Nov 13, 2018, 06:02 PM
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I've found Lamictal and Latuda to be 2 of the very few meds that actually work.
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Nov 13, 2018, 07:11 PM
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I put my wife through a real tough time for 14 years, then hell for the last 4, due to undiagnosed BP2. And I still have'nt found a med combo that works for me. every day is a scary unkown for us.
Anyhow, glad she's doing better, and kudos to you for toughing it out with her.....for better or worse as they say |
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Nov 13, 2018, 07:57 PM
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I'm glad your wife found a combo that works for her.
I was mis-diagnosed, with major depression for 10 years, then tentatively bipolar II, then bipolar I. I'm unfortunately still looking for exactly the right medication, and I also have a feeling that 10 years on the wrong medication was not at all helpful. So I've been searching again, another 10 years, 11 soon. But, I am better off than when I started, and I have a diagnosis that fits. What happened to me was I got misdiagnosed me with major depression (could have diagnosed the bipolar at time, the signs were there, they didn't ask the right questions), and every following psychiatrist just went with the major depression diagnosis and didn't bother to do another diagnosis from the start, until my pdoc 10 years ago. I do think I'd be better off overall if I had gotten the right diagnosis to start with and if subsequent doctors had done a complete diagnostic workup, but I was young, I didn't know the system, no one around me was on psych meds, I figured the doctor knew what he was talking about, and he ended up being wrong.
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Nov 13, 2018, 08:53 PM
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It's great news your wife is doing better!
 It can be very trying for family and friends, I know. My husband and I now have the same diagnosis of BPII. (Neither of us had been diagnosed before we were married.) I was diagnosed with major depression for many years. My husband's illness is more stable than mine. He does very well on just Lamictal and clonazepam. He works more than full-time. I hope things keep on looking upward for you and your wife!  WC
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