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I am new also.. Welcome to you.. you will met many nice people...
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Welcome to DS It really is a great site. There are very supportive people here you just have to reach out
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From acuriousfish
July 28
Welcome to the Bipolar Community! It's a great place for support and friendship. If you have any general queries about DS, just ask me. When you are ready maybe post an introduction under General Topics at http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Bip...
Mark, Community Leader, Bipolar
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Close Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
I have had symptoms of OCD and Bipolar Disorder since I was a child. For a long time my OCD took a backseat while I worked to get my Bipolar Disorder under control, but an increase in symptoms has made me realize that the OCD needs to be addressed too.
Treatments
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- It definitely helps to a point, but of course it's a slow progression.
- Lexapro Somewhat Helpful
- Used primarily to help control my bipolar cycling, but I also did notice some decrease in anxiety. However I had to stop it because it made my cycles too bad.
- Luvox Too Soon to Tell
- You know, it was the first medicine I tried, though it's been so long I have no idea if it actually helped or not. I'm wary to try it again because it's technically an antidepressant and I don't want to add cycling to my problems.
- Seroquel Not Working
- Didn't do much for either my Bipolar Disorder or anxiety, though I use it on rare occasions to help me sleep in a bad hypomanic episode.
Close Bipolar Disorder
I've had symptoms of mental illness since I was a child and was eventually diagnosed as having Bipolar Disorder 2 as well as OCD. Trying to treat them both sometimes feels like an exercise in futility.
Treatments
- Abilify Somewhat Helpful
- It worked in that it kept me from being really depressed, but it made me cycle often into hypomania. It also made me hungry all the time and I gained a bit of weight.
- Ativan Somewhat Helpful
- Good in the short term when I was hospitalized, but not really a good long-term possibility.
- Celexa Not Working
- Tried it for a short time, it made me very sick to my stomach and I gave it up quickly.
- Depakote Not Working
- Made me hungry all the time, possibly exacerbated my depression and certainly didn't help control it. Plus it meant I had to get off of Lamictal which was a bad idea all around.
- Geodon Not Working
- Completely screwed me up. Brought me out of severe depression almost immediately...only to send me into the worst hypomania I've ever experienced. Also made my whole body shake uncontrollably, made me feel very weak and made it hard to use my hands, also made my body temperature fluctuate and generally made me feel horrible.
- Group Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- Mostly done in the hospital, though it's harder to get real effective help when everyone in the group is in crisis.
- Lamictal Working / Worked
- Been on it nearly constantly since I was first diagnosed with Bipolar. The only times they tried to take me off of it (for various reasons) I plunged back into deep depression and ended up hospitalized.
- Lithium Working / Worked
- Seems to be working, though at times it makes me nauseous.
- Risperdal Somewhat Helpful
- Helpful in the fact that it knocks me out when I can't sleep otherwise and calms some of the more acute hypomanic symptoms. But it mades me eat a lot, tired all the time, and doesn't do much for true stabilization.
- Seroquel Somewhat Helpful
- see risperdol reply.
- Symbyax Not Working
- Too expensive, plus didn't really help.
- Topamax Not Working
- I was put on this partly to help stabilize my moods, but primarily to suppress some of my excess hunger from the other meds. Didn't work real well.
- Wellbutrin Somewhat Helpful
- Worked okayish at first, but later it seemed to make my muscles seize up.
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