Hypomania for the first time in 2 years
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November 19, 2017 - 8:15 am
It's been so long since I posted. For many years I suffered from treat resistant bipolar depression. Doctors kept piling on more and more drugs on me and none of them worked. One night two years ago, I was rapid cycling from manic to depressed and went to the ER I was so desperate. That led to an inpatient stay where they determined that I had SAD as well as bipolar disorder. Since I've been using the sun lamp, I have had very few issues. They also put me on Tegratol which stopped all mania.
I'm in a good place right now. I'm really mature being stable but I feel boring. I don't do any of the crazy fun stuff I used to do. I stay in on Saturday nights even:/ I miss the mania so bad.
So now my psychiatrist is taking me off of Lamictal because I am on so many drugs that he feels are unnecessary. He dropped my dose from 200mg to 150mg. Annnddd I had two days of hypomania last week! It was really mild, but I felt alive again. I got so much work done and felt motivated. I was the life of the party, I loved feeling like my old self. I really don't want to tell my doctor. I am going to monitor myself, but I want to feel again. I know if I start making bad decisions I will have to tell him, but I just want to enjoy it.
Has anyone purposefully his mania from their doctor? How did it turn out? Advice anyone?
I'm in a good place right now. I'm really mature being stable but I feel boring. I don't do any of the crazy fun stuff I used to do. I stay in on Saturday nights even:/ I miss the mania so bad.
So now my psychiatrist is taking me off of Lamictal because I am on so many drugs that he feels are unnecessary. He dropped my dose from 200mg to 150mg. Annnddd I had two days of hypomania last week! It was really mild, but I felt alive again. I got so much work done and felt motivated. I was the life of the party, I loved feeling like my old self. I really don't want to tell my doctor. I am going to monitor myself, but I want to feel again. I know if I start making bad decisions I will have to tell him, but I just want to enjoy it.
Has anyone purposefully his mania from their doctor? How did it turn out? Advice anyone?
Current medications as of 11-19-2017
| 03-01-2010 - Present: | Ritalin, 5mg. twice a day |
| 05-29-2013 - Present: | Geodon, 160 mg. once at night |
| 06-18-2014 - Present: | Effexor, 150 mg. Once at night |
| 08-13-2014 - Present: | Neurontin, 800 mg. 4x a day |
| 05-10-2015 - Present: | Lamictal, 150 mg. once at night |
| 10-04-2015 - Present: | Tegetrol, 200 mg. with dinner |
| 10-18-2017 - Present: | Ativan, 0.5 mg. as needed |
It's been so long since I posted. For many years I suffered from treat resistant bipolar depression. Doctors kept piling on more and more drugs on me and none of them worked. One night two years ago, I was rapid cycling from manic to depressed and went to the ER I was so desperate. That led to an inpatient stay where they determined that I had SAD as well as bipolar disorder. Since I've been using the sun lamp, I have had very few issues. They also put me on Tegratol which stopped all mania.
I'm in a good place right now. I'm really mature being stable but I feel boring. I don't do any of the crazy fun stuff I used to do. I stay in on Saturday nights even:/ I miss the mania so bad.
So now my psychiatrist is taking me off of Lamictal because I am on so many drugs that he feels are unnecessary. He dropped my dose from 200mg to 150mg. Annnddd I had two days of hypomania last week! It was really mild, but I felt alive again. I got so much work done and felt motivated. I was the life of the party, I loved feeling like my old self. I really don't want to tell my doctor. I am going to monitor myself, but I want to feel again. I know if I start making bad decisions I will have to tell him, but I just want to enjoy it.
Has anyone purposefully his mania from their doctor? How did it turn out? Advice anyone?
I'm in a good place right now. I'm really mature being stable but I feel boring. I don't do any of the crazy fun stuff I used to do. I stay in on Saturday nights even:/ I miss the mania so bad.
So now my psychiatrist is taking me off of Lamictal because I am on so many drugs that he feels are unnecessary. He dropped my dose from 200mg to 150mg. Annnddd I had two days of hypomania last week! It was really mild, but I felt alive again. I got so much work done and felt motivated. I was the life of the party, I loved feeling like my old self. I really don't want to tell my doctor. I am going to monitor myself, but I want to feel again. I know if I start making bad decisions I will have to tell him, but I just want to enjoy it.
Has anyone purposefully his mania from their doctor? How did it turn out? Advice anyone?
Current medications as of 11-19-2017
| 03-01-2010 - Present: | Ritalin, 5mg. twice a day |
| 05-29-2013 - Present: | Geodon, 160 mg. once at night |
| 06-18-2014 - Present: | Effexor, 150 mg. Once at night |
| 08-13-2014 - Present: | Neurontin, 800 mg. 4x a day |
| 05-10-2015 - Present: | Lamictal, 150 mg. once at night |
| 10-04-2015 - Present: | Tegetrol, 200 mg. with dinner |
| 10-18-2017 - Present: | Ativan, 0.5 mg. as needed |
November 23, 2017 - 10:30 pm
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I feel like if you want the best treatment then you need to be completely honest. Why not tell your pdoc and just tell him exactly what you said here, that you want to feel again. You don't know maybe this is completely normal and expected with lowering the dose. I would tell my dr., ask questions, and see what he thinks.
I feel like if you want the best treatment then you need to be completely honest. Why not tell your pdoc and just tell him exactly what you said here, that you want to feel again. You don't know maybe this is completely normal and expected with lowering the dose. I would tell my dr., ask questions, and see what he thinks.
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