Two of my friends who also have bipolar have mentioned in posts today that they are more energetic, needing to keep an eye on themselves. I am, too. Truthfully, I'm sure I need to take Xanax tonight and try to settle down. I caught myself second guessing which side of the fabric was right vs wrong, and took apart something that looked backwards ( Read more... )

I'm currently on Lamictal and was on 200 mg but due to a recent horrible down phase, my dose has been upped to 300 mg - 200 in morning, 100 at night. Since I've been taking the extra 100, it's been really hard to sleep. Anyone else have that issue?

Also, is anyone on Xanax for anxiety? If so, how do you like it?

Thanks everyone.

I had an appointment with a new psychiatrist on Monday. We went over the meds I am taking and she told me to NOT continue taking xanax. According to her, xanax is bad for people with bipolar. It tends to make us more impulsive and agitated. She replaced the xanax with taking 25 mg of seroquel at night ( Read more... )

So I went to the doctor a few days ago and he was appalled at the meds that my psych had me on. Now, the reason I went to my physician was that my insurance changed and I can no longer afford my visits to the therapist/psych.

I went to my physician and showed him my pill bottles:
0.5mg Xanax
150mg Trileptal
10 mg Ambien
150mg Effexor XR

He looked at me ( Read more... )

Blehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh all I have are complaints about life lately. The last two days I have been in a manic freak out. I usually love when I'm manic because I'm productive, and well, not depressed. This has got to be the most manic and anxious I've been in a long time. I had to literally run my engines last night until I just passed out. I was ( Read more... )

How long does xanax usually stay in your system and take away your anxiety? I feel like mine only lasts 1-2 hrs. I'm on .5mg ( Read more... )

how safe/humane is it for a doctor to take you off of xanax cold turkey? because he did and man, i am not doing well. shouldn't he be slowly lowering the dosage over time ( Read more... )

I am thirty years old and recently developed anxiety and depression I have started to see a psych doctor and everyday is a new day and I never know how I am going to feel sometimes I wake up and feel like I can conquer the world but other days I feel worthless and like I can't manage to possibly make it through a day. I feel fine most days and then ( Read more... )

Hi all. I've posted before about the meds I'm taking and how they've affected me in the past. I started out with lamictal 300mg and xanax 1mg, twice daily. And I took them both religiously for over two years. However, since the summer, I haven't been able to get my prescriptions on time and have suffered withdrawal from xanax (which was ( Read more... )

wednesday got a new shrink. changed my drugs. found out some interesting stuff about myself. i am now a certified bi-polar, with extreme anxieties, and borderline personality disorder individual ( Read more... )