Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Diagnosed as Bipolar

Posted by Hunk20 on October 19, 2010, at 16:45:38

In reply to Re: Phillipa » Hunk20, posted by violette on September 9, 2010, at 7:56:29

Hey everyone i hope you are doing well,

i had another manic/psychotic break on 345mg effexor and the small size of wellbutrin.

I also took a whole bunch of other stuff including 5htp, methylfolate...

I was weined of everything abpuptly in the hospital.

As for now they put me on 900mg Lithium and 100mg seroquel since about 3 weeks.

Im sleeping 10+ hours and feel its difficult to wake up in the morning once again. It feels like some depression is returning.
I have less drive, creativity is a bit blocked.. I would really like to fix this so i finally have the right treatment on the physiological side of the problem. Lithium seems to be the most important part of the treatment, but im not sure if lithium alone will lift the mood so it is in an healthy area.

I would say the most exact diagnosis for me is Dysthymia AND Bipolar. So my bipolar axis is not "normal mood" but dysthymia(slight depression).
Dysthymic Bipolar Disorder or something like that you get the deal

I am thinking about adding something mild antidepressive to the lithium. Maybe a supplement, maybe one of the milder antidepressants. Another thing we found out, is that i am extremely sensitive to dopamine increases.

What are you guys thinking? I want to have my sleep around 8 hours and i want to be able to start into the day with drive and creativity.

Hunk


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:Hunk20 thread:946827
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20101009/msgs/966281.html