Posted by med_empowered on February 25, 2007, at 17:12:22
In reply to Re: Best mood stabilizer? I've been on so many, posted by becksA on February 25, 2007, at 15:26:18
Do you really think you need a mood-stabilizer? I'm not a therapist, but the description of your situation sounds more like you have problems caused by stress--mostly with your husband--and your behaviors or mood swings are a reaction to that, especially since you seem to feel confined and unable to address the situation directly. A mood stabilizer might make you more sedated and make you more apathetic, so you care less about your difficulties, but I don't think a medication would actually IMPROVE anything for you.
I dont know where you live or what your financial situation is, but usually, if you're married and you decide to separate, you can get some sort of legally-binding arrangement that would make your husband help you out, at least for a while. Alimony payments usually aren't that good, and they don't always last a long time, but you can probably get an OK "separate maintenance" payment until you can get on your feet. THere are government programs that can also help pay for school and such if you want to do that. I think what you really need in this situation is **legal** advice, not medication, because the problem seems to be how to get away from your husband but still be able to live OK.
That said, if you need to sleep, a benzo might help, or any number of other things--melatonin, remeron, trazadone, doxepin. If you're very, very stressed and unable to function, an as-needed benzo might help you--just be sure to use it to power up to deal with your life, not to sedate yourself so you can resign yourself to that situation. If you do that--use the drugs to cope--you might end up forever dependent on meds of some sort b/c your living situation will never change.
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