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| Tue, 07-31-2007 - 7:11pm |
I have so much to say that I'm not even sure why I'm writing. I've had BP for a long time. I usual don't medicate. I finally gave up and went on all sorts of meds to try and be normal. I was on them for a couple of years and then got sick of drugging myself. Now all I take is 200mg of Seroquel. I am so screwed up. But I feel like it's reality. I feel like the drugs were just numbing me to my rotten life. Anyway, where I'm going with this is that I am ruining my life, but I don't want to go back on pills because they just numb me to what's ruined already. I've lost an incredible husband over it. I'm about to lose yet another job. I'm in a horrible marriage. Oh well, I don't have a question. I'm to lost to even make an intelligent post. I'll try again later.

I'm sorry for your troubles. I was just recently diagnosed with what appears to be the milder form of BP (lots of anxiety, irritated all the time, edgy, distracted, feel really great one minute than blah 10 minutes later). Not the standard Manic and Depression stages. I resisted meds for a very long time not thinking anything was really wrong with me but knew I wasn't right. The doctor wanted me to take Lexapro, Lamictal and Wellbutrin. Lexapro works on the seratonin levels and anxiety, Lamictal is a mood stabalizer and the Wellbutrin for something to do with gamma receptors. I freaked out and he suggested I only try the Lexapro first to see if that helped. It did for awhile but then I started feeling irritated again. I decided to give the recipe a try and to be honest, I feel great. Much more focused and not so annoyed all the time. Another bonus is the Wellbutrin gives me no appetite and I haven't though about smoking a cigarette in 2 weeks.
I hope you figure out what works for you.