Posted by Ritch on May 24, 2005, at 12:11:04
In reply to Re: thank you everybody, posted by holymama on May 24, 2005, at 10:18:20
> A lot of what all of you have said rings true for me. I too am happy being 'stablized', but spend a lot of my time in a mild groggy 'drugged' state. Sometimes I burst out in a very clear and wonderful hypomania when my brain is sharp and I am inspired and creative and feel wonderful and full of energy. It is then that I can see my full potential and so have a hard time feeling so much less so much of the time.
> I saw my pdoc and asked if I could cut back on my lithium (from 600 to 450). She also talked about increasing my paxil, no mention of increasing my wellbutrin or starting another drug. I feel overmedicated, so I want to cut back rather than add meds, but I know that this might lead me to become more unstable. This is a risk I'll take right now.
> I'm really curious though -- is any medicated bipolar person out there feeling 'great'??
> ~~Autumn~~
Hi, I'm taking depakote as a mood stabilizer and I also feel similar to what you say about.. "mild groggy 'drugged' state". I've been on lithium and it did the same thing. The easiest thing to do would be a slight dose reduction of the lithium. I knew a BPI whose pdoc had him on 1200mg/day of lithium for several months and he was really dazed out. The pdoc asked him if he wanted to "get a little high", but he didn't want to reduce the dose. So, I think that pdocs are willing to drop the meds a little if you are feeling too flat. As far as feeling "great" goes.. I *do* feel great (for two-seven days every 2-3 weeks give or take). Sometimes it is a "Tony the Tiger" cartoonish hypomanic great!, but there are some days where I just feel good about things-unagitated, not negative. Those days I like better. Hope this helps some..
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