weird mood swings, could it be my meds???

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bisous
November 5, 2011 - 7:50 am
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the other day i was up for a couple hours, feeling really wired and jumpy n talkative and anxious and then i got all grrrr and annoyed and in a bad mood talking, and said something really bad to my friend who reacted badly and then i got really upset and down and took an overdose and then i slept for a day and then i got up and felt rly depressed, like, was planning my suicide depressed, and then i went shopping and felt really up, like bought three coats for no reason up, and now i just kinda feel normal..... could it be my meds? i took 2 mg phenazepam the other day and no trazodone for two days.

usually the trazodone seems to mute all my emotions and calm my anxiety so im unable to feel extreme emotions but i took it the evening before i overdosed so it didn't seem to help there.

diagnosed depressive disorder



Medications for October 6, 2011 to November 5, 2011
10-29-2011 - Present:Trazodone, 150 mg.1
10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

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bisous
November 5, 2011 - 7:50 am
the other day i was up for a couple hours, feeling really wired and jumpy n talkative and anxious and then i got all grrrr and annoyed and in a bad mood talking, and said something really bad to my friend who reacted badly and then i got really upset and down and took an overdose and then i slept for a day and then i got up and felt rly depressed, like, was planning my suicide depressed, and then i went shopping and felt really up, like bought three coats for no reason up, and now i just kinda feel normal..... could it be my meds? i took 2 mg phenazepam the other day and no trazodone for two days.

usually the trazodone seems to mute all my emotions and calm my anxiety so im unable to feel extreme emotions but i took it the evening before i overdosed so it didn't seem to help there.

diagnosed depressive disorder



Medications for October 6, 2011 to November 5, 2011
10-29-2011 - Present:Trazodone, 150 mg.1
10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

jadyn
November 7, 2011 - 10:56 am
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Wired and jumpy and talkative and annoyed and depressed and especially buying three coats for no reason... that sounds like dysphoric mania (mixed episode) symptoms to me. Some people get diagnosed as depression when in fact they have bipolar disorder. They find out because taking an antidepressant without a mood stabilizer can trigger a manic episode. That's what happened to me. I was first diagnosed with depression, given an antidepressant (only), and then went into a mania. My pdoc revised my diagnosis to bipolar, and I've been taking a mood stabilizer together with an antidepressant ever since.

I mention it just as a possibility. Only your pdoc can do a diagnosis. But I sure do recognize those symptoms. Been there. I sure hope you can get it sorted out soon.


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November 7, 2011 - 10:56 am
Wired and jumpy and talkative and annoyed and depressed and especially buying three coats for no reason... that sounds like dysphoric mania (mixed episode) symptoms to me. Some people get diagnosed as depression when in fact they have bipolar disorder. They find out because taking an antidepressant without a mood stabilizer can trigger a manic episode. That's what happened to me. I was first diagnosed with depression, given an antidepressant (only), and then went into a mania. My pdoc revised my diagnosis to bipolar, and I've been taking a mood stabilizer together with an antidepressant ever since.

I mention it just as a possibility. Only your pdoc can do a diagnosis. But I sure do recognize those symptoms. Been there. I sure hope you can get it sorted out soon.


bisous
November 9, 2011 - 1:47 am
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hey thanks for your reply, i'm going to see my pdoc tomorrow n i will tell him what happened, but this didn't happen to me with citalopram? i just got side effects and they didnt really work. i did get some times before when i would be up for a while when i was depressed but my first pdoc didnt ask me about them. i am not taking the trazodone at the moment as i dont know what to do. and it wasn't so much up and down at the same time as up and then down and agitated? also it seems to have calmed down now maybe? i dunno. anyway thanks i'll see what he says :)



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10-29-2011 - Present:Trazodone, 150 mg.1
10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

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November 9, 2011 - 1:47 am
hey thanks for your reply, i'm going to see my pdoc tomorrow n i will tell him what happened, but this didn't happen to me with citalopram? i just got side effects and they didnt really work. i did get some times before when i would be up for a while when i was depressed but my first pdoc didnt ask me about them. i am not taking the trazodone at the moment as i dont know what to do. and it wasn't so much up and down at the same time as up and then down and agitated? also it seems to have calmed down now maybe? i dunno. anyway thanks i'll see what he says :)



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10-29-2011 - Present:Trazodone, 150 mg.1
10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

Anneinside
November 9, 2011 - 7:51 pm
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Trazodone, as an antidepressant, needs to be taken regularly and doesn't work immediately. Even though the side effects can be immediate, such as sleepiness, the main effects can take weeks to kick in It has a half-life of 7 hours which means it is completely out of your system in 35 hours. People with bipolar usually need to be taking a mood stabilizer, especially if they are taking an antidepressant.




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01-01-2005 - Present: Vytorin, 10/20. pm
01-01-2009 - Present: Ambien, 10 mg. pm
01-01-2009 - Present: Lamotrigine, 200 mg. am
06-15-2011 - Present: Propranolol, 60 mg. am - taken for akathisia
07-23-2011 - Present: Abilify, 10 mg. increased from7.5mg
08-03-2011 - Present: Klonopin, 0.5. in pm to help with sleep
09-21-2011 - Present: Emsam (Selegiline - MAOI), 12 mg. change patch every morning

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November 9, 2011 - 7:51 pm
Trazodone, as an antidepressant, needs to be taken regularly and doesn't work immediately. Even though the side effects can be immediate, such as sleepiness, the main effects can take weeks to kick in It has a half-life of 7 hours which means it is completely out of your system in 35 hours. People with bipolar usually need to be taking a mood stabilizer, especially if they are taking an antidepressant.




Current medications as of 11-09-2011
01-01-2005 - Present: Vytorin, 10/20. pm
01-01-2009 - Present: Ambien, 10 mg. pm
01-01-2009 - Present: Lamotrigine, 200 mg. am
06-15-2011 - Present: Propranolol, 60 mg. am - taken for akathisia
07-23-2011 - Present: Abilify, 10 mg. increased from7.5mg
08-03-2011 - Present: Klonopin, 0.5. in pm to help with sleep
09-21-2011 - Present: Emsam (Selegiline - MAOI), 12 mg. change patch every morning

bisous
November 10, 2011 - 1:24 am
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yeah i just stopped taking them because of this, i dont know, it screwed everything up. i dont think i have bipolar disorder as i have never been really manic or been up for more than half a day. i think my shrink will recommend i continue taking them and i will just hope nothing drastic happens. definitely having stopped them for 2 days i can feel a DRASTIC change in sleep quality, immediately dreaming all the time and not getting restful sleep at all... so at least i'm not imagining that i guess????

anyway thanks my appt is in a couple of hours so i will have an update soon!



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10-29-2011 - Present:Trazodone, 150 mg.1
10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

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November 10, 2011 - 1:24 am
yeah i just stopped taking them because of this, i dont know, it screwed everything up. i dont think i have bipolar disorder as i have never been really manic or been up for more than half a day. i think my shrink will recommend i continue taking them and i will just hope nothing drastic happens. definitely having stopped them for 2 days i can feel a DRASTIC change in sleep quality, immediately dreaming all the time and not getting restful sleep at all... so at least i'm not imagining that i guess????

anyway thanks my appt is in a couple of hours so i will have an update soon!



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bisous
November 15, 2011 - 8:15 am
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ok so on saturday i went to my other pdoc appointment with a guy who didnt even speak english, i was rly depressed at that point but later in the evening i started to feel MUCH better, like thought i was amazing and everyone fancied me and so on and so forth and decided to go out on my own, took my phenazepam(0.5 not 0.25) and drank alcohol (although it didn't do anything, i'd had little sleep but i didn't feel tired or sedated at all) and found some people to talk to and got with some guy then i got back home and my flatmate started an argument with me and i ended up waking up the ENTIRE floor shouting and packing to go back to the UK and a bunch of people got called and basically i ended up getting tranquilised which i had to agree to otherwise they would have made me go to the hospital (RUSSIA!!!!), which i think was over the top but still. so this was my meds right? i'm back in the UK now and all the freaking tranquilisers have worn off now and i dont feel right. i dont feel as up and invinsible as on saturday im just really off and weird and obviously panicking cos im staying on a friends floor atm and have just left my uni course etc etc but the psychiatrist won't see me until next week?!?!?!?!?!?! i dunno what to do.



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bisous
November 15, 2011 - 8:15 am
ok so on saturday i went to my other pdoc appointment with a guy who didnt even speak english, i was rly depressed at that point but later in the evening i started to feel MUCH better, like thought i was amazing and everyone fancied me and so on and so forth and decided to go out on my own, took my phenazepam(0.5 not 0.25) and drank alcohol (although it didn't do anything, i'd had little sleep but i didn't feel tired or sedated at all) and found some people to talk to and got with some guy then i got back home and my flatmate started an argument with me and i ended up waking up the ENTIRE floor shouting and packing to go back to the UK and a bunch of people got called and basically i ended up getting tranquilised which i had to agree to otherwise they would have made me go to the hospital (RUSSIA!!!!), which i think was over the top but still. so this was my meds right? i'm back in the UK now and all the freaking tranquilisers have worn off now and i dont feel right. i dont feel as up and invinsible as on saturday im just really off and weird and obviously panicking cos im staying on a friends floor atm and have just left my uni course etc etc but the psychiatrist won't see me until next week?!?!?!?!?!?! i dunno what to do.



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10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

kumbaya
November 15, 2011 - 11:55 pm
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Hi bisous,

You might not want to hear this. What I try to do when in a situation like yours is: relax, take it easy, take deep breaths & don't make any BIG decisions before seeing the doc.

Keeping busy when its difficult to be positive and when I'm anxious And can't "take it easy" often helps. Sometimes I get my best studying done at these times...

Hang in there til you can talk w/your doc & don't hesitate to vent here if need be.


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kumbaya
November 15, 2011 - 11:55 pm
Hi bisous,

You might not want to hear this. What I try to do when in a situation like yours is: relax, take it easy, take deep breaths & don't make any BIG decisions before seeing the doc.

Keeping busy when its difficult to be positive and when I'm anxious And can't "take it easy" often helps. Sometimes I get my best studying done at these times...

Hang in there til you can talk w/your doc & don't hesitate to vent here if need be.


bisous
November 19, 2011 - 2:56 am
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i haven't replied for a while but that post really helped haha :)

i've had a rough week man... :( i'm not really living anywhere at the moment, i've broken stuff, had arguments, gone from hyper to dead and back again... i have no idea how i'm still alive but i guess i am!

i demanded my way to a "chat" with a pdoc this week and they still won't give me any medications yet but her and the GP are now suggesting bipolar disorder rather than depression.... i don't know how to feel about this... i always thought MAYBE. but now other people are suggesting it i'm strongly against. i mean, i just threw some rice and swore at some people! it's not that bad! and i read about what other people do when they are up and i don't think what i did is as extreme, i mean i don't make extravagant spectacular plans, i just got really reckless and self important and irritable. i mean... people were suspecting i was psychotic just because i said when they asked me if i thought people were against me that they were! but of course someone would feel like that in my situation! i don't think that i ever was though, and i think it will be easy to demonstrate that to the pdoc. that guy will be sceptical anyway cos he was the guy who originally was adamant that i was just depressed.

meh i guess we'll just have to see what happens.



Medications for October 20, 2011 to November 19, 2011
10-29-2011 - Present:Trazodone, 150 mg.1
10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

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bisous
November 19, 2011 - 2:56 am
i haven't replied for a while but that post really helped haha :)

i've had a rough week man... :( i'm not really living anywhere at the moment, i've broken stuff, had arguments, gone from hyper to dead and back again... i have no idea how i'm still alive but i guess i am!

i demanded my way to a "chat" with a pdoc this week and they still won't give me any medications yet but her and the GP are now suggesting bipolar disorder rather than depression.... i don't know how to feel about this... i always thought MAYBE. but now other people are suggesting it i'm strongly against. i mean, i just threw some rice and swore at some people! it's not that bad! and i read about what other people do when they are up and i don't think what i did is as extreme, i mean i don't make extravagant spectacular plans, i just got really reckless and self important and irritable. i mean... people were suspecting i was psychotic just because i said when they asked me if i thought people were against me that they were! but of course someone would feel like that in my situation! i don't think that i ever was though, and i think it will be easy to demonstrate that to the pdoc. that guy will be sceptical anyway cos he was the guy who originally was adamant that i was just depressed.

meh i guess we'll just have to see what happens.



Medications for October 20, 2011 to November 19, 2011
10-29-2011 - Present:Trazodone, 150 mg.1
10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

kumbaya
November 20, 2011 - 4:01 am
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Your 'mania',

...sounds a lot like mine, except yours didn't (doesn't?) last nearly as long. As I've gotten older my manic episodes became shorter & since I started meds almost 2yrs ago I haven't a real one to speak of. I was on Wellbutrin and was prescribed Prednisone for gout - that made me hypomanic! I didn't know what to do with all that energy. Anti-psychotics have worked well to quell the 'tempest' on a daily basis.

I get more depressed these days ~ probably since I refuse to take AD's! I just came out of a few days depression & it was depression that finally led me to the psych ward to seek help. Still i wouldn't have reached out for help if some one hadn't offered it first.

I was severely depressed for only a day or two & man I can't believe that I lived like that 2 or 3 months! Its hard for me to admit that I CAN & DO get that way - severely depressed. The only good thing is that I lose a lot of weight because I don't care about eating. Probably NOT healthy to lose 35lbs in 8wks.

What does meh mean? Let me know what happens.

-kby-



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09-26-2011 - Present:Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), 70mgs.1 in morning
08-03-2011 - Present:Abilify, 2.5. 1 in morning
05-09-2011 - Present:allopurinol, 450mg. at night
04-20-2010 - Present:Seroquel (quetiapine), 100 mg.@ nite only
04-20-2010 - Present:Depakote (divalproex), 1000mg .1 @ bedtime

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November 20, 2011 - 4:01 am
Your 'mania',

...sounds a lot like mine, except yours didn't (doesn't?) last nearly as long. As I've gotten older my manic episodes became shorter & since I started meds almost 2yrs ago I haven't a real one to speak of. I was on Wellbutrin and was prescribed Prednisone for gout - that made me hypomanic! I didn't know what to do with all that energy. Anti-psychotics have worked well to quell the 'tempest' on a daily basis.

I get more depressed these days ~ probably since I refuse to take AD's! I just came out of a few days depression & it was depression that finally led me to the psych ward to seek help. Still i wouldn't have reached out for help if some one hadn't offered it first.

I was severely depressed for only a day or two & man I can't believe that I lived like that 2 or 3 months! Its hard for me to admit that I CAN & DO get that way - severely depressed. The only good thing is that I lose a lot of weight because I don't care about eating. Probably NOT healthy to lose 35lbs in 8wks.

What does meh mean? Let me know what happens.

-kby-



Medications for October 21, 2011 to November 20, 2011
09-26-2011 - Present:Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), 70mgs.1 in morning
08-03-2011 - Present:Abilify, 2.5. 1 in morning
05-09-2011 - Present:allopurinol, 450mg. at night
04-20-2010 - Present:Seroquel (quetiapine), 100 mg.@ nite only
04-20-2010 - Present:Depakote (divalproex), 1000mg .1 @ bedtime

bisous
November 20, 2011 - 4:50 am
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i don't know.. i guess meh means i dont know haha. im just kinda sad but i don't have time to be sad but...

my manic episode -if- that's what it was couldn't have been longer than a few days, plus i was rapidly switching/mood swinging for like a week before and after the incident. maybe it was cut short or slowed down by the tranquilisers. what i do know, if i can be honest with myself, is that however i was then was a little different to anything that's been before. i mean i've experience like brief elations that i just have to tell people about, but this was more like being the duracell bunny, you know? and it wasnt blighted by anxiety or frustration (until later on) that i've had before when i've had racing thoughts or been unable tos sleep or whatever. and what's more, that time, i didn't feel like my thoughts were racing or things were unclear - on the contrary things felt fine and very clear - *I* was just faster than usual, more zen than usual, more attractive than usual, braver than usual, more awesome than usual! and i think things only escalated so much because i was sharing a room and in close proximity to a bunch of other people and in russia. otherwise i could see myself zooming along the next day too. and i think the more purposeful activity started a little before the mood, like i decided to start leaving because of my docs appointment and feeling down, and then as i sat around in my room, i decided more things! and more things! and to buy more trousers! and to do drugs! and alcohol! and go out! what, no one else is going out? well that's fine, i'll GO IT ALONE! and this guy spoke to me - he clearly fancies me! here's a picture of me looking HOT guys! oh my god, i can't contain how awesome i am, i need a shower! this is the best shower ever! it's more like as i was going up, or something, from being down, there would be like little landmark decisions that took me up.. like gusts of air in a balloon.. when things turned sour i was upset, in a way, and angry and so on, but there was still that "duracell bunny" feeling. and anytime after that i have been up in the past few days it's been a really scatterbrainy, overtalkative, distractible, nervous blah. i'm kind of annoyed about it not lasting very long....... TBH.

but that's the thing! it didnt and doesnt last long! i don't know what to think... i really don't.

n i know that feel about not eating. man i barely did anything the weeks before that happened. like i stopped caring about showering, brushing my teeth, changing clothes, eating... i've been having one meal a day for like a month! another thing is even in the like up state i would still be like "I'M ILL! (as in depressed)" and make it this huge thing, almost in an egotistical way. so i was justifying everything i was doing and how everyone else was bad and evil and me good (as opposed to the usual everyone else is good and i'm bad and don't deserve to live) by saying how ILL I WAS and NO ONE CARES because they are all TERRIBLE PEOPLE! but then later on would be like scoffing at the very IDEA of suicide and i don't understand why everyone is worried because i'm FINE, no thanks to YOU PEOPLE.

i mean i guess it shows how like an up mood can contain as many paradoxical multiplicities as a down one... or something... i think if there is a "bipolar" thing going on, mania is probably not a big part of it... like, if it is there, it's mainly just something complicating depressions... maybe....



Medications for October 21, 2011 to November 20, 2011
10-29-2011 - Present:Trazodone, 150 mg.1
10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

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bisous
November 20, 2011 - 4:50 am
i don't know.. i guess meh means i dont know haha. im just kinda sad but i don't have time to be sad but...

my manic episode -if- that's what it was couldn't have been longer than a few days, plus i was rapidly switching/mood swinging for like a week before and after the incident. maybe it was cut short or slowed down by the tranquilisers. what i do know, if i can be honest with myself, is that however i was then was a little different to anything that's been before. i mean i've experience like brief elations that i just have to tell people about, but this was more like being the duracell bunny, you know? and it wasnt blighted by anxiety or frustration (until later on) that i've had before when i've had racing thoughts or been unable tos sleep or whatever. and what's more, that time, i didn't feel like my thoughts were racing or things were unclear - on the contrary things felt fine and very clear - *I* was just faster than usual, more zen than usual, more attractive than usual, braver than usual, more awesome than usual! and i think things only escalated so much because i was sharing a room and in close proximity to a bunch of other people and in russia. otherwise i could see myself zooming along the next day too. and i think the more purposeful activity started a little before the mood, like i decided to start leaving because of my docs appointment and feeling down, and then as i sat around in my room, i decided more things! and more things! and to buy more trousers! and to do drugs! and alcohol! and go out! what, no one else is going out? well that's fine, i'll GO IT ALONE! and this guy spoke to me - he clearly fancies me! here's a picture of me looking HOT guys! oh my god, i can't contain how awesome i am, i need a shower! this is the best shower ever! it's more like as i was going up, or something, from being down, there would be like little landmark decisions that took me up.. like gusts of air in a balloon.. when things turned sour i was upset, in a way, and angry and so on, but there was still that "duracell bunny" feeling. and anytime after that i have been up in the past few days it's been a really scatterbrainy, overtalkative, distractible, nervous blah. i'm kind of annoyed about it not lasting very long....... TBH.

but that's the thing! it didnt and doesnt last long! i don't know what to think... i really don't.

n i know that feel about not eating. man i barely did anything the weeks before that happened. like i stopped caring about showering, brushing my teeth, changing clothes, eating... i've been having one meal a day for like a month! another thing is even in the like up state i would still be like "I'M ILL! (as in depressed)" and make it this huge thing, almost in an egotistical way. so i was justifying everything i was doing and how everyone else was bad and evil and me good (as opposed to the usual everyone else is good and i'm bad and don't deserve to live) by saying how ILL I WAS and NO ONE CARES because they are all TERRIBLE PEOPLE! but then later on would be like scoffing at the very IDEA of suicide and i don't understand why everyone is worried because i'm FINE, no thanks to YOU PEOPLE.

i mean i guess it shows how like an up mood can contain as many paradoxical multiplicities as a down one... or something... i think if there is a "bipolar" thing going on, mania is probably not a big part of it... like, if it is there, it's mainly just something complicating depressions... maybe....



Medications for October 21, 2011 to November 20, 2011
10-29-2011 - Present:Trazodone, 150 mg.1
10-29-2011 - Present:Phenazepam, 0.25.As needed

kumbaya
November 24, 2011 - 2:24 am
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That's a very interesting way of looking at it "(mania), its mainly just something complicating depressions..." I liked the way you were describing your ups & downs or 'situation' if you prefer ~ you were cracking me up! I'm not being offensive; its just that I could/can totally relate.

Who knows? IF you hadn't been 'tranqued' OR things didn't get a sour twist maybe you would still be the energizer bunny right NOW! My first manic episodes were certainly quite 'life changing' as well as very exciting AND it sure beats dpression doesn't it?

I romantisize some of my earlier episodes....well I just wish I could CONTROL it. I felt like that guy in the movie "Limitless" - like I was steps, strides ahead of everyone else. Definitely the life of the party when manic. People got tired. I didn't. Ever.

Thing is, nowadays I sometimes wonder if I'm getting manic just because I'm having too much fun. Like; am I allowed to? I'm not a joker BUT I definitely take myself too seriously sometimes NOW.

What has your doc said? Have you seen him/her yet? Your post was awesome! I hope you are courageous enough to talk to your doc that way. I think it will be worth your while..

Please post again ~ Good Luck

-kby-



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09-26-2011 - Present:Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), 70mgs.1 in morning
08-03-2011 - Present:Abilify, 2.5. 1 in morning
05-09-2011 - Present:allopurinol, 450mg. at night
04-20-2010 - Present:Seroquel (quetiapine), 100 mg.@ nite only
04-20-2010 - Present:Depakote (divalproex), 1000mg .1 @ bedtime

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kumbaya
November 24, 2011 - 2:24 am
That's a very interesting way of looking at it "(mania), its mainly just something complicating depressions..." I liked the way you were describing your ups & downs or 'situation' if you prefer ~ you were cracking me up! I'm not being offensive; its just that I could/can totally relate.

Who knows? IF you hadn't been 'tranqued' OR things didn't get a sour twist maybe you would still be the energizer bunny right NOW! My first manic episodes were certainly quite 'life changing' as well as very exciting AND it sure beats dpression doesn't it?

I romantisize some of my earlier episodes....well I just wish I could CONTROL it. I felt like that guy in the movie "Limitless" - like I was steps, strides ahead of everyone else. Definitely the life of the party when manic. People got tired. I didn't. Ever.

Thing is, nowadays I sometimes wonder if I'm getting manic just because I'm having too much fun. Like; am I allowed to? I'm not a joker BUT I definitely take myself too seriously sometimes NOW.

What has your doc said? Have you seen him/her yet? Your post was awesome! I hope you are courageous enough to talk to your doc that way. I think it will be worth your while..

Please post again ~ Good Luck

-kby-



Medications for October 25, 2011 to November 24, 2011
09-26-2011 - Present:Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), 70mgs.1 in morning
08-03-2011 - Present:Abilify, 2.5. 1 in morning
05-09-2011 - Present:allopurinol, 450mg. at night
04-20-2010 - Present:Seroquel (quetiapine), 100 mg.@ nite only
04-20-2010 - Present:Depakote (divalproex), 1000mg .1 @ bedtime

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