So hard to find a good med
I have bipolar type 2 and just need to have a bit of a rant. At the moment I am off meds, waiting to start a new lot and hoping that this will be the one that works. I have tried so many and they have all had side affects that make life even more difficult to cope with.
So I'm wondering what meds work for you? I am kind of interested to see how ( Read more... )
I tried Seroquel, reacted really badly to that, ended up in the hospital after a 50mg dose made me collapse in the queue at the bank.
Next was Zyprexa, which really massively increased my aggression levels and made me gain a butt ton of weight, which was very triggering for me.
Risperidone caused constant lactation and no periods, really fucked up my hormones and made me feel just flat and yack.
Abilify did absolutely nothing at all besides massively increase my level of IBS attacks.
Lithium worked wonderfully well as a mood stabiliser but the side effects were unbearable to deal with. Constantly pouring with sweat (like menopausal hot flush kind of sweat), constant need to pee (at least four times a night - I needed to drink fuck tons of water to keep my levels stable) and eventually I came off it rather abruptly because it was affecting my kidney function. After months of feeling really yack my psychiatrist decided to do a full blood work up rather than just lithium levels and the same day the hospital lab phoned him and told him the results, he phoned me and told me to stop taking it straight away. And there were risks involved with that but my kidney function was severely compromised.
Lamictal causes acne and insomnia, as well as increased muscle and joint pain (I already have fibro). It's weight neutral for me which is a big deal as I'm overweight. I was morbidly obese (260lbs) and now I'm 185, which is heavier than I'd like but it's the only psych med that has enabled me to lose weight.
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