Welcome to my rollercoaster ride!

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Registered: 07-18-2006
Welcome to my rollercoaster ride!
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Thu, 06-14-2007 - 3:31pm

Hi Everyone - Well, it's been going on since Memorial Day. For a week I was suicidal then I had a couple days of mania and now it has been up and down every single day!!! I'm tired...I haven't had a decent night's sleep since Memorial Day Weekend. Will this ever end? I'm so tired and don't know what to do. I just saw my therapist yesterday and she wanted me to wait and see my pdoc, but it's like what's the point? She isn't going to change any of my medications around....because she just increased my lithium on the TUesday after Memorial Day. I see my pdoc this coming Tuesday. Hopefully, my lithium levels will be in my chart by then. I am also having a very hard time with eating. I have an eating disorder and I want to eat everything in sight! I'm just so tired and scared. I don't want to get my meds changed again or something added to the cocktail. I mean I"m already on 5 medications (Abilify, Geodon, Lamictal, Klonopin, and Lithium). And I'm maxxed out on everything that I'm on. God it's so frustrating and scary. Any words of encouragement out there? I could really use some!

Jena

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Registered: 09-01-2004
Thu, 06-14-2007 - 11:01pm

Jena,


Not getting sleep will cause you ALL kind of problems and sometimes it just builds on itself in an endless cycle--BTDT.

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Registered: 10-23-2004
Wed, 06-20-2007 - 10:36am

I just want to echo those sentiments regarding Ambien. Missing sleep is a *huge* deal for me - it messes up everything. Ambien has also worked fantastic for me (even though I was already on 4 other medications). You might ask your pdoc about it.

Morgaine