Posted by headachequeen on December 15, 2003, at 17:24:15
In reply to Re: Lamictal and dizziness?, posted by bridgey1128 on December 15, 2003, at 16:39:10
> I wasn't. I was just informing her that it was a depressant so she would avoid it. It may make you feel good while you are drinking, but it's when you sober up that's the problem. I wasn't jumping on her. Sorry if I gave you that impression!
I don't think it was you to whom she is referring but the reply to your post ...
just my impression...
actually, I hadn't considered the fact that alcohol is a depressant, although somewhere in the recesses of my mind I knew that...needed the reminder...
and another of those funny quirks, had a session with my shrink today.. forgot to mention the topomax and tegretol questions I had for him sigh...still doing the compartmentalising thing...
we did talk about that though LOLas we talked, he mentioned that he was surprised that I had not turned to alcohol in an attempt to deal with the issues that led me to need psycotherapy... I assume this means I did something right..
at this point he is suggesting that I return to low doses of antidepressants and see if that helps... perhaps it will need increased dosages along with the psycotherapy to get through this... here we go again... and at some point I will again have to quit taking the stuff...
I asked him what hypo manicdepressive meant if I am not depressed ... still no solid answers...
why on earth does this thing not go away....I am running as fast as I can to keep ahead of it... and he informs there is no use running because it is myself I am running from...
just what I needed to hear...and of course if the meds chosen include zyprexa there goes more weight gain... that and tegretol will make a great Christmas gift...weight I do not want... and I will be really really depressed...
Does anyone else feel like a cat chasing its own tail???
kat
and please someone explain this bipolar II to me... or is that the hypomanicdepressive bit???
and if it is... then someone explain that so it makes sense please....
and does topomax help with that????
Just when I think I am out of the woods, the trees start to get thicker again...
poster:headachequeen
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