Lamictal has been a lifesaver. I am on respirdol and lamictal. My bipolar leans more to mania and psychosis. I can honestly say I have been stable for five years and feel pretty good if I manage my health and what I eat. Thanks for being so honest about your story. I definitely relate to the Depakote.
Thank you for sharing your experiences. It can be a real challenge to get the right therapies. For me zoloft made the condition worse. I have also been prescribed neurotin, but was given it for bipolar not for anxiety. It did not work for me. Ambien I had bad side effects. A good psych makes all the difference. I tried many other meds as well. Including strong-anti-psychotics. They had strong side effects, but they were very essential at the time. I never took any as maintenance meds. And am on lithium now which has been amazing. Feel free anyone to ask me more. Thanks again for a great video, Jess.
Thanks for sharing, Moss! Now that I think about it, I was also briefly on a strong tranquilizer to bring me down from my first manic episode with psychosis. I don’t know which one. Yes, Moss is a wealth of info on meds!
After lots of trial and error, I too am on lithium. I also deal with mania, have not experienced deep depression thankfully. I was wondering if you could talk about the lithium side effects you've experienced if any. I've only been on lithium about five months but have ongoing GI issues (frequent loose stool), a handful of nausea episodes resulting in vomiting with little to no warning, increased thirst, weight gain. Have you experienced any of these issues? Thank you for being so willing to talk about your experience. I was actually on Lamictal for about nine months and I really liked it, felt much more clear headed than some of the other meds my psych had me on, but I do think it's more geared towards people struggling with depression... I ended up having a manic episode at the end of the nine months and getting switched off it. Wishing you all the best!
Bipolar Treatment with LITHIUM & My Bipolar Bestie Moss 💊 | Side Effects, Dosage & Experiences ua-cam.com/video/-SEFQZWLQio/v-deo.html Here’s a video where my friend Moss and I talk about our experiences on lithium and side effects. Moss had been on lithium about a year and I had been much longer. I still have increased thirst. I don’t think either of us has experienced nausea or weight gain, but I’ve heard this can happen based on other people I know on lithium. I hope those parts improve for you! Thanks for sharing your experience on lamictal! I hope I can stay on lithium forever but it doesn’t seem likely.
It’s complicated. Synthroid didn’t cause mania, but it got my body running again and I wasn’t on bipolar meds so that caused mania. Without bipolar meds, mania is always imminent for me.
@ourbipolar and its true with Depakote i fall as sleep very hard and sleep more than 10 hours and have anxiety problems, i Will try to Talk with my doctor!! Ty Jess ❤️
Its funny you mention Zoloft being a kickoff to mania, because the same crap happened to me years ago. Zoloft is terrible for bipolar in my opinion. I was on Lithium for about 25 years but then my kidneys started to fail on me, my doctor switched me to Depakote which I'm not the biggest fan of. I wish I was on Lamictal but med changes are so dramatic and I don't want to deal with that right now so I'm choosing to stick with Depakote at the moment.
Ambien made me sleep walk too. I would wake up in different parts of my house. Also I would have the worst dreams ever. I was on lithium and I had alot of side effects. The main one was nausea which was really bad. I was 13 yrs old when I got put on it
@ourbipolar the scariest part was when I would wake up outside. I'm glad you shared your experiences with your med journey. I'm finally on the right meds but it was alot of trial and error.
I choose not to take meds. Not risking getting a dui on medication. Dot says if I take my medicine and drive I get a DUI. So I drink to clam my nerves because where I live the mental health doctor does not write stuff that works
I did a video with my friend who does keto. Maybe it will help: Can the Keto Diet Treat Bipolar Disorder? 🤯 | Interview with Lauren Contey | Our Bipolar Journey ua-cam.com/video/vxhp7m9GZQM/v-deo.html
Lamictal has been a lifesaver. I am on respirdol and lamictal. My bipolar leans more to mania and psychosis. I can honestly say I have been stable for five years and feel pretty good if I manage my health and what I eat.
Thanks for being so honest about your story. I definitely relate to the Depakote.
I’m so glad that Lamictal has worked for you! This gives me hope.
@ hope it works out for you if you do try it.
Thank you for sharing your experiences. It can be a real challenge to get the right therapies. For me zoloft made the condition worse. I have also been prescribed neurotin, but was given it for bipolar not for anxiety. It did not work for me. Ambien I had bad side effects. A good psych makes all the difference. I tried many other meds as well. Including strong-anti-psychotics. They had strong side effects, but they were very essential at the time. I never took any as maintenance meds. And am on lithium now which has been amazing. Feel free anyone to ask me more. Thanks again for a great video, Jess.
Thanks for sharing, Moss! Now that I think about it, I was also briefly on a strong tranquilizer to bring me down from my first manic episode with psychosis. I don’t know which one.
Yes, Moss is a wealth of info on meds!
Well yes. I didn’t mean to imply that you had first-hand experience with every bipolar med. I bet some people do though.
After lots of trial and error, I too am on lithium. I also deal with mania, have not experienced deep depression thankfully. I was wondering if you could talk about the lithium side effects you've experienced if any. I've only been on lithium about five months but have ongoing GI issues (frequent loose stool), a handful of nausea episodes resulting in vomiting with little to no warning, increased thirst, weight gain. Have you experienced any of these issues?
Thank you for being so willing to talk about your experience. I was actually on Lamictal for about nine months and I really liked it, felt much more clear headed than some of the other meds my psych had me on, but I do think it's more geared towards people struggling with depression... I ended up having a manic episode at the end of the nine months and getting switched off it. Wishing you all the best!
Bipolar Treatment with LITHIUM & My Bipolar Bestie Moss 💊 | Side Effects, Dosage & Experiences
ua-cam.com/video/-SEFQZWLQio/v-deo.html
Here’s a video where my friend Moss and I talk about our experiences on lithium and side effects. Moss had been on lithium about a year and I had been much longer. I still have increased thirst. I don’t think either of us has experienced nausea or weight gain, but I’ve heard this can happen based on other people I know on lithium.
I hope those parts improve for you! Thanks for sharing your experience on lamictal! I hope I can stay on lithium forever but it doesn’t seem likely.
Thanks for sharing 😀. Did u mention that taking thyroid meds causes mania?
It’s complicated. Synthroid didn’t cause mania, but it got my body running again and I wasn’t on bipolar meds so that caused mania. Without bipolar meds, mania is always imminent for me.
Thank you for sharing! I have a question Depakote gave you memory problems or brain fog?? I do have problems with my memory 😭
Not that I recall. Then again I was having near constant bipolar symptoms on Depakote so anything is possible. Maybe others can speak to this?
@ourbipolar and its true with Depakote i fall as sleep very hard and sleep more than 10 hours and have anxiety problems, i Will try to Talk with my doctor!! Ty Jess ❤️
Its funny you mention Zoloft being a kickoff to mania, because the same crap happened to me years ago. Zoloft is terrible for bipolar in my opinion. I was on Lithium for about 25 years but then my kidneys started to fail on me, my doctor switched me to Depakote which I'm not the biggest fan of. I wish I was on Lamictal but med changes are so dramatic and I don't want to deal with that right now so I'm choosing to stick with Depakote at the moment.
I understand that. Med changes are so difficult.
Ambien made me sleep walk too. I would wake up in different parts of my house. Also I would have the worst dreams ever. I was on lithium and I had alot of side effects. The main one was nausea which was really bad. I was 13 yrs old when I got put on it
I’ve heard this about Ambien. I don’t remember having nightmares, but I definitely did some weird shit on it. 😂
@ourbipolar the scariest part was when I would wake up outside. I'm glad you shared your experiences with your med journey. I'm finally on the right meds but it was alot of trial and error.
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So scary! So glad you found the right meds!
When I first started being treated, I was not well enough to track what medication I was taking so I forgot which ones I tried 😔
I could see that happening. I don’t remember being diagnosed. Maybe you could contact the dr if you really wanted to know?
@ yes I could but I changed hospitals(doctors) so I don’t think I can🤔 It’s so important to record which meds affected us how !
I choose not to take meds. Not risking getting a dui on medication. Dot says if I take my medicine and drive I get a DUI. So I drink to clam my nerves because where I live the mental health doctor does not write stuff that works
Can you share which med it was?
❤I also started a keto diet to ease my symptoms one week ago, not easy, I currently feel even less energy, but at least I am not crying that often🥹
I did a video with my friend who does keto. Maybe it will help:
Can the Keto Diet Treat Bipolar Disorder? 🤯 | Interview with Lauren Contey | Our Bipolar Journey
ua-cam.com/video/vxhp7m9GZQM/v-deo.html
I had already watched it and it made me to do more research ❤️thank you