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| Fri, 06-24-2005 - 7:55pm |
I was wondering what meds most people are on that are rapid cycliers. My pscyh keeps changing them and after almost 5 years I'm pretty tired of them. There's so many side effects to them all, and withdrawals from the old ones, that it's like I'm running still on a treadmill.
Any ideas, or help?

it took a bit to get the combo and dosage right.
Jenny,
I was a very rapid cylcer before I went on Depakote (thanks to playing musical medications with my family doc)
Jenny,
I take Lithium, Wellbutin, Lexapro and Ambien as needed for sleep.
Ok, this is all awesome information. Thank you all so much, I love to hear about other meds and how they are working for different people. I have been on so many SSRI's and mood stabilizers that I just don't know what works and what doesn't work. Most work for a while, and then I crash and burn. I'm sure you all are familiar with that run down. :)
Last week the pscyh put me on Lamictal(the dosage is being increased daily) (the only new med) and kept me on the seroquel 300mg, zanax 1mg 3 times a day, triliptal 900mg, risperdal 1 mg. I am now off of the cymbalta, thank goodness. It's pretty new, and I was taking 120 a day and it was making me unbeliveably nausous. (spelling i know) Plus after I took all my meds in the am, (except the 2 doses of zanax and the seroquel) I was asleep for a nap after about 2 hours after taking the meds. This worked during the school year because my 5yr old was going to pre-k, but now that summer vacation is here, it's pretty hard to grab a nap. I just don't feel comfortable with it. Although she is a pretty good kid about it :)
On the weekends it's a little easier, because the boyfriend is home, although we have his 4yr old every weekend, he gets up with the kids and lets me take my nap. Thank god for little miracles, right.
I try and keep the major stressors out of my life, I am on SSDI and have been for over 2 years. I'm thinking of going back to work in the fall part time, just at the local grocery store or something like that to keep me busy, because I get bored alot, but I'm sure I'm not going to be able to go back to my old career of call center management anytime soon. I'm terrified to actually. I'm supposed to start school to get my bachelor's degree in Human Resources, so I would be off the phones (tech support) or supporting a team of techies. The number crunching in a call center is stressful enough without having all the anxiety issues. Right? LOL
You know, I brought up an issue on how soon it would be to bring up all my health issues in a relationship. I have found the most supportive understanding wonderful person to share this all with, and actually he's not scared off by it. I've blown up a few times and had a few depressive days, but it hasn't been that bad. He's pretty much able to get me out of the whole thing. So, I'm really pinning all my hopes on his help (although I won't tell him that to scare him off.) I'm hoping that I don't get too manic or too depressive for him to deal with, but he's pretty good at bringing me out of it. I guess you just have to meet the right person that will put up with all the baggage. I call it bagage, he calls it all a part of me, and says he loves me for it all. WOW, surprise! Everyone else I've been friends with or in relationships in have been really scared off by this. I just hope I don't get to the point where I have to go back into the hospital, because THAT might just scare him away, that's for sure.
Ok, I went on a major rant here, it's just that I have finally found the time to bring this all up and update some of the stuff.
Any ideas?
Thanks for everyone for responding also :)
Jaime
(Jennycheese)