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Posted by becksFLA on August 25, 2007, at 9:52:23
I'm freaking out here...I've got one month left before I go 1,000 miles to live in an area I've never been close to in my life, to go to a school for an insanely difficult program that will require me to basically wake up at all hours of the night for labs/lectures. I do not have a car, I live 1/2 mile from campus. I'm trying to get my meds figured out before then desperately.
I have been on 4mg Klonopin, which is fine. I am also on Lithium, which I went on to decrease my massive dose of Klonopin to hopefully even things out and decrease rebound anxiety as I weaned down the Klonopin. Since I leveled out the Klonopin, I have been tapering off the Lithium without telling anybody as sort of a placebo test to see if they notice a difference. I had too many bad side effects and wanted off the Lithium. I have felt much better off the Lithium, better mood, clearer head, more outgoing.However, we just left our peaceful up on a lake we have been going to for generations, my favorite place on earth, and leaving it I got so emotional thinking about what I was coming back to, very depressed. That has passed since yesterday but it still leaves me wondering like I always do was that just a random moment I'm thinking too much about, or the lithium? I had never tried lithium until about 8 months ago when I came down from my high dose of Klonopin. I'm now at 600mg about to go to 300.
My life is really in a bad state with many things non-medically related, so whenever I feel depressed I jump to the conclusion that it must be the lithium I've come off of, etc. I hate all that ambiguity.
Posted by Squiggles on August 25, 2007, at 10:22:11
In reply to One month left :(, posted by becksFLA on August 25, 2007, at 9:52:23
4mg Klonopin would be way too high for me,
unless it has been given to you as an adjunct
to a sub-therapeutic dose of lithium.Were you certainly bipolar when put on lithium?
Did you stop being bipolar when put on lithium?When i had the experiences of going on a low dose
of lithium, i was ok but gradually (over 6 months) sank into mixed states-- i got out of that through the skin of my teeth. I had told my dr. about the weird brand (counterfeit?) but neither of us expected such a catastrophic collapse into mixed states.So, if you are bp i would be vigilant over your states.
Posted by Phillipa on August 25, 2007, at 10:40:24
In reply to Re: One month left :( » becksFLA, posted by Squiggles on August 25, 2007, at 10:22:11
Becks be careful good question from Squiggles any bipolar? Or only to help you wean off the klonopin. And good luck at school. Phillipa
Posted by linkadge on August 25, 2007, at 11:09:18
In reply to Re: One month left :(, posted by Phillipa on August 25, 2007, at 10:40:24
I know the feeling. I am entering my last year of a challenging program too. A lot of things depend on me passing my courses this year.
I am afraid because I know I will go all shades of insane nomatter what meds or combination I take.
I feel for you. You can babblemail me any time if you need support.
Linkadge
Posted by becksFLA on August 25, 2007, at 14:13:41
In reply to Re: One month left :(, posted by linkadge on August 25, 2007, at 11:09:18
Thanks link, I think i will be doing that at some point. As for the other questions, I'm quite certain I'm not bipolar, it was only to help wean off the Klonopin. 4mg seems very tiny to me now that I came down from 14mg. Apparently I either have the worse case of social anxiety known to man, or something we havent found yet. I actually have the same managable amount of anxiety I had at 4 than I did at 14mg! Who knows.
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