Posted by Maxime on April 6, 2005, at 21:22:00
In reply to Re: I'm never going to feel better, am I ? » Maxime, posted by BP2TreadingWater on April 6, 2005, at 20:44:56
Hi. I was and still am on a mood stabiliser ... trileptal. Lamictal sunk me into depression. I broke out into a rash and hives on depakote. I go toxic on Lithium. Topomax made psychotic (twice) and I had to be admitted into the hospital. Tegretol made me so dizzy that I was falling all over the place and when I wasn't falling I was throwing up. All anti-psychotics make me lactate. I only found out I was BP2 after I tried my first SSRI. Until I found Trileptal, Clonazapam was the only mood stabiliser I could use.
We all react to meds differently. I am really happy that Lamictal has worked out so well for you. I hope you have continued success with the med! :-)
Maxime
> > Hi
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> > I don't feel like I am ever going to feel normal again. I don't even remember what feeling happy is like. While I have experienced some hypomania over the past few months it has been the nasty kind. Mixed state.
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> > I know new meds are coming out all the time but so far I haven't had any luck. There are only two meds that have ever helped - Prozac and that wore off after a year and Parnate which stopped working after 2+ years. I thought Parnate doesn't stop working. You hear of people taking it for 20 years or more. I don't understand. I don't understand why I have to feel this way.
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> > I wish I could die. Maybe my next life will be better.
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> > Maxime
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> Maxime,
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> I am a bipolar-II who has lost close to everything -- a partner, a sailboat, and quite a few friends. I discovered Lamictal, but it was too late to stop the slide in my social and emotional functioning without losing those things.
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> But I have to tell you, life on Lamictal is pretty damn good. Yeah, I could probably use one more thing for my detachment (Abilify, Mirapex???), but at 100mg Lamictal every night, I have stopped cycling and come to know a composure that I have never had my whole life.
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> Mixed states are well controlled with Lamictal. You might need something else to go with it. I'm curious as to your taking Prozac and Parnate without first trying a mood stabilizer. Your pdoc needs a good rap on his forehead. I know this because I once thought that Celexa would stop what I thought was a simple clinical depression. Instead, it brought out my hypomania in the worst way. Maxime -- try LAMICTAL!!!!
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> Best regards,
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> BP2TreadingWater
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