Posted by Angel Girl on July 18, 2002, at 19:24:03
In reply to Re: Mood stabilizersAngel Girl, posted by jaby on July 18, 2002, at 16:41:43
> I take lithium and find that is does just what it should, stabilizes my mood. I have trouble with depression and don't have really good days (I'm BPII), but it keeps me out of the low lows-crying, feeling hopeless, etc.
jaby
I am bipolar II as well. I very rarily experience hypomania as well. I'm usually not far from the black hole. I did manage to pull off a few good days earlier this week until I found out I'm being passed around once again through the mental health system. Do you have any side effects from the lithium? And do you have to go for continual testing? I have a cousin who has severe bladder and kidney problems as a result of taking lithium for years. I just don't want to go there. I think it also has drug interactions with non-psych drugs that I've been on for years and can not come off of.
I just want something that's going to work and I have enough problems with side effects from my Effexor XR that I don't want any more.
But more than anything I want to find a pdoc who will take me on as a patient and have a very good knowledge of all these drugs and be open to my fears and opinions.
Angel
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