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Hello everyone.... I'm here to introduce myself. My name is Stephanie, I live in Southern califonia.
I've been diagnosed Bipolar I (rapid-cycling) for 10 years (since I was 13), as well as anorexic/bulemic.
For 10 years, I have also been on medication... and as most of you all have I'm sure, have taken probably half the pharmacy. Feel free to ask me med questions because I really think I have been on them all.
The meds I am currently taking have been the best combination so far. I have been on this combination for a year or two... I take daily:
Lamictal 200mg
Cymbalta 60mg
Abilify 15mg
Provigil 400mg
Klonopin 2mg
Seroquel 25mg
So yeah, that's just a little background. Being bipolar is a struggle... but I always hope that one day it will be compltely under control and that maybe I can stop my meds one day.
Oh, and I hate benzodiazepines. My doctor prescribed me Klonopin 3 years ago and didn't tell me that withdrawal from them is hell... so I tried to stop without success (withdrawal seizures). I will have to take klonopin for the rest of my life now, which i hate. I just can't withdrawal from it (even slowly) without having a seizure.
So ya, that's me!
I've been diagnosed Bipolar I (rapid-cycling) for 10 years (since I was 13), as well as anorexic/bulemic.
For 10 years, I have also been on medication... and as most of you all have I'm sure, have taken probably half the pharmacy. Feel free to ask me med questions because I really think I have been on them all.
The meds I am currently taking have been the best combination so far. I have been on this combination for a year or two... I take daily:
Lamictal 200mg
Cymbalta 60mg
Abilify 15mg
Provigil 400mg
Klonopin 2mg
Seroquel 25mg
So yeah, that's just a little background. Being bipolar is a struggle... but I always hope that one day it will be compltely under control and that maybe I can stop my meds one day.
Oh, and I hate benzodiazepines. My doctor prescribed me Klonopin 3 years ago and didn't tell me that withdrawal from them is hell... so I tried to stop without success (withdrawal seizures). I will have to take klonopin for the rest of my life now, which i hate. I just can't withdrawal from it (even slowly) without having a seizure.
So ya, that's me!