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Default Oct 11, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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I went off vraylar on my own, which wasn't a great decision.

But my point is that I started using it as a PRN. I don't recommend not taking meds consistently BUT, it actually worked for me, as a PRN.

In a couple hours I would feel stripped of dopamine. I took 6mg pills.

So, just to say, hopefully it helps, it did for me.

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I’m feeling so much calmer today. Not hyper. Not crying. Had to see the doctor about this rash I’ve got on the inner part of my butt. She prescribed some cream. Said it looked painful. It’s a yeast infection but not in the vagina.

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Default Oct 12, 2024 at 11:16 AM
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Vraylar 3 mg is going well. Feeling a lot calmer and not hyper texting everyone. My email friend I’ve had for 20 years said he prefers email instead of texting. Too much misunderstanding via text and email has time to think before you write and to edit before you send.

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I was lonely today but didn’t over text, over post , over email or talk on the phone too much.

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Default Oct 12, 2024 at 07:54 PM
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I'm sorry you have been lonely but glad you are feeling less pressured. Vraylar must work very quickly for you1

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Feeling good. Got enough sleep. Not as frenetic as a couple days ago. Pdoc visit seems so far away. It’s in 3 days. Still posting here and emailing my pen pal but not as much as I was. The emails have readable content. Going out for lunch with N1. She’s 27 today! Amazing! All my kids are real adults now. The other two just turned 25 and 23. (They were all conceived in January on an odd year.)

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Default Oct 13, 2024 at 08:33 AM
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I don’t have any akathisia or distonia thank goodness but I’ve developed a side effect of Vraylar: constipation! Not fun. Took miralax and it worked! It’s the simple things in life that make you happy.

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I thought I was getting better but nope! I just pmed someone 8 times in a row and don’t remember doing it and upon reading a few don’t remember their content! I’ll never make it to my Pdoc appointment on Wednesday. Seems too far away.

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Seems I have been ostracized by several of my friends. Mania sucks!

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Just talked with my friend on the phone. He said I was repeating myself- told him the same thing 3 times. I had no idea I was doing that.

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Are these memory lapses from Mania or from Vraylar?

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Possible trigger:


It’s real!

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Do you do any sort of journaling or writing? I find that tends to keep me out of trouble if I'm manic and it can help piece together some blackout bits (or at least leading up to them). A lot of the time if I black out, later it'll come back to me too, just usually from a third person POV

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I have a bipolar blog but haven’t made an entry in months. I’ve been using this thread and pms to record how I feel.

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I’ve been waiting for my case manager to call me back and just called mental health building and they’re closed!!

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Called the after hours line at mental health place. She told me to get off the internet and see real people. I did that- two different people! Still racing! That lady said they might change my meds tomorrow- they’d better not. They’re the only thing keeping me this side of sane!

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Pdoc says to go back to the lower dose of Vraylar. I think the increased dose was making me feel better! I’ll have to hash this out with her on Wednesday at my appointment!

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I looked it up: Vraylar can cause mania. I took the 1.5 dose instead of the 3 mg dose tonight. Seeing Pdoc Wednesday. I was already manic on the first. Only took 4 days on the 3.0 mg dose to push me over the edge.

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Pdoc lowered my dose to 1.5 but Vraylar has a 1-week half-life. Will I be manic for another week?

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Case manager says I just have to make it to tomorrow. My brain is racing! I’ve been speed walking everywhere all morning.

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