Posted by yesac on June 8, 2005, at 13:55:09
In reply to Re: bipolar sleep problems » yesac, posted by PM80 on June 8, 2005, at 13:36:45
> I guess though that with ambiguity of diagnoses there is also freedom from the constriction of discrete labeling. I'm glad that you have found some meds to help you, although it seems that perhaps you can do better. Do you discuss your meds with your pdoc?
Yes, I guess you're right about that. I have mixed feelings about diagnoses! On the one hand they really annoy me, but on the other hand I'm obsessed with finding an accurate diagnosis for myself. But I don't know if that will really ever happen, because they are so subjective anyways. I'm not sure why it matter so much to me lately, but it does.
I could definitely do better with meds. I have gotten only minimal improvement from a few meds... right now I'm back on lithium, and my mood is certainly more stable and I'm more calm and less agitated... but it's not really good enough. I'm still quite depressed. I've been on a lot of drugs though, so it's hard to know where to go from here. I know there are options, but I'm just not sure what to do. For the meantime, I'm trying to tweak the lithium to find the optimal dose (just went up to 900mgs).
I do talk a lot about meds with my psychiatrist... I saw him at first just for meds, for about 6 or 7 months. But then things weren't working out with my therapist, and I liked my psychiatrist so much that I decided to see him also for therapy. I've seen him now for a little over 2 years total. He changed my opinion of shrinks. Before him, I didn't really like them that much! But he's really different than others that I've seen/known. He actually cares.
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