Posted by linkadge on March 29, 2010, at 19:03:04
In reply to Can't take my meds, posted by gorgeouslygrim on March 29, 2010, at 14:30:24
Well, what are your problems? Write them down, write down their sevarity. Describe how they impact your life. Post it on the wall in big letters "This is How I have Been Feeling"
If the medications help these problems, then you can contrast how you feel to how you felt.
Tegretol is an effective medication for bipolar disorder. It is no less (or more) effective than other medications like lithium or depakote.
Carbamazepine is typically used more with certain forms of bipolar disorder (like that with rapid cycling or high anixety, epilepsy, etc.).
If you have rapid cycling bipolar disorder, there may is a strong tendancy to want to quit medications. Why? Becuase you start taking them, you stabilize and realize, hey I just felt like this two weeks ago, how bad could I have got since then?
But, really the problem is the constant up and down that prevents people from being able to trust themselves and how they will feel from one minute to the next.
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