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I did have a therapist but I felt like I told her everything and there wasn’t much else I could say or she could reply with. She helped me get to the point where I got on meds, but beyond that I felt like there wasn’t more she could do so I stopped seeing her. Now I just talk to my family when I’m feeling down and it’s about the same I was getting for the therapist and it’s free. Ya that’s rough that they didn’t all agree! It’s so hard to find the right combo of meds and it still sounds like many people on this forum haven’t quite found the perfect combination!! |
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It’s probably one of the reasons I don’t want to be super medicated. I know my mom has managed so I want to also. Are meds supposed to bring back your interests and desires or does that just eventually come back? I don’t feel as down as when it first hit but again I don’t know if that’s just because I’ve learned to get used to the depression or if it’s the medicine. I’ve already tried a few kinds of extra meds and nothing helped. I just don’t want to be a guinea pig if I’m still going to feel the same and I need it to run its course. |
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How’s the depot injection working? I feel like meds don’t do anything for me, but I’ve only been taking them for about 5 months. My mom always got off of them after she tried taking them. She’s cycled several times but only hospitalized once. She’s learned to tone it down when she’s manic so it’s hard to tell sometimes. We just suspect when she starts spending a lot of money. She goes through bad depressions but mange’s to get out of them over time. She’s actually in one right now. She thinks she went through the mania right before I did. So we are both going through this depression together. She also watches my daughter while I work. My little one is the best medicine for both of us. Yes I’m bipolar 1... it’s crazy how it can be different for everyone. I don’t know where my journey will be but I’m glad I found this forum. It’s good to find people who understand what it’s like. Im doing ok... hopefully one day I can say I’m great... but my daughter is my light and she helps me feel better than just ok when she’s near me. Thank you. It’s been nice so far and grateful for all of the responses I get! |
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it’s about the same I was getting for the therapist You may need to find a different therapist. They're suppose to give you ideas on prevention and management. For me they're the ones (here too) that tell me when my meds or thinking is off. Their notes help the psychiatrist prescribe the right medication and dose. For me at least it's like an extra Dr. appointment. Yes she helps me sift through my feelings, keeps me on the path to recovery and acceptance but for me her main goal is to catch things, advocate for me and keep me out of the hospital. (only have been there 2x)
Things about minimal medication: You do not deserve to go through symptoms you don't have to. You may (and they may) not know how truly your symptoms are effecting you. My H goes to my appointments with me it's amazing what I don't realize, or he doesn't realize and how different a picture we paint for my dr. and what we don't pick up on that the Dr. does. I'll give you an example (PC friends will smile.) : Up until 6 years ago I was venamly against taking an antipsychotic. Yes I had crisis but nothing I (we) couldn't handle between appointments. I went on a trip no one IRL knew I was paranoid. I didn't even recognize it as such. Someone here reminded me to take my sleeping medication (at the time a low dose AP) every night instead of as needed. when I got home I told my Dr. I was taking it every night (Just that some stuff happened and I was taking it every night. nothing in detail) So she put me on something until I could see my new pdoc. Well intake got out of me that I was actually paranode and ruined the trip because of it. I didn't even know. Then they went through my history and we found other times when I was like that. So my Pdoc upped the med. All of a sudden my "migraine" that I've had since a child went away and my inter voice went away. My point is I didn't know so I didn't report it.. Does your Dr know you've had no relief? Our rule is If it's been six weeks on the same medication and I'm still not back to feeling 100% I'm suppose to call. You may want to call. __________________ Dx: Me- SzA Husband- Bipolar 1 Daughter- mood disorder+ Comfortable broken and happy "So I don't know why I'm tongue tied At the wrong time when I need this."- P!nk My blog |
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I feel no different being on the injection tbh. Is it even working lol?? I know it takes time. But jeez. They are now saying I MUST go back on Depakote as in the words of my Psychiatrist "Your condition means you will always need meds and in fact a mood stabiliser" yay!!! Lucky me? I said I would think about it as I'm not happy about it. |
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Ya I wish meds worked faster, maybe we would trust them more. My mom is about 62 with bipolar and doesn’t take meds. She’s been hospitalized once when she was in her 30s. She can go years without an episode, and when she does have one the worst she gets is irritable and spends a lot of money on everyone. But she prefers to just go through that than be on medicine. I don’t know. I used to try to make her take them but we all just gave up. She went through hypomania right before I did, but I didn’t even realize that’s what it was because her while life she’s denied having bipolar... even when I was going through the mania she told me she did not have it and nether did I. But she finally believes she does now that I’m going through this depression and she’s also stuck in the depression as well. I tried to tell her to get on meds but she said they don’t help her. And here I am taking them and don’t feel like I’ve improved.... reading through everyone’s experiences too it sounds like it’s so hard to find the right cocktail. Well I do hope something works for you!!!! I’m not sure what I’m going to do yet. I don’t want to take Latuda which is what they are trying to get me to take... another dr tried to put me on vraylar but I wasn’t sure about that one either. I’m just not good with decisions right now!! |
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I understand so well. Had I been separated from my 2 children when they were young I might as well have lived in a psych hospital, I would have been completely broken. It sounds cliche, but have the 2 of you tried couples counseling? It seems so important, just for the sake of raising your little one. __________________ |
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