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I started taking timolol (20mg x day) a few months ago to help with chronic migraines.
Last week I started experiencing a mixed depression (on and off racing thoughts and increased energy). This is the first bipolar episode I've had in a long time and I was just wondering if anyone else has been on timolol and had a reaction like this to it?
Obviously need to stay on it until I speak to a doctor (my PC or neurologist) but just wondering what people's experiences have been.
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I find myself going places in the car and not wanting to get out of the car. I come back home and I don't want to get out of the car. I think it's the only time I spend reflecting. Chronic tiredness from Long Covid plus the immunosupressing meds for my Crohn's is slowing me down but everything just seems a massive effort. I am dealing with the paperwork following my father's death but it's not...
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Wow, it's the middle of the week already!Today is our 11 year anniversary, so we're going out to a nice dinner. I'm losing a lot of sleep these days, hence a wonky schedule and uncomfortable feelings. But I know it will pass, eventually.I hope all of you have a peaceful day, and may good things come your way!
This study warns psychiatrists that it can cause hallucinations, depression, confusion, psychosis - and that appears to be in people without previous mental health issues.
It appears to be an old study but I've seen a few more recent ones
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3624510/
Thanks for commenting. I don't have a psychiatrist right now so my best bet will be starting with my primary care or neurologist.
Sorry I didn't reply to your question on my other post. I have cerebral palsy also (if your not familiar think spastic muscles) and I was never able to find a medication that I could tolerate well. For example I loved lithium, until we increased it to a therapeutic level and it gave me muscle spasms so severe they caused me to fall down.
I tend to have have long seasons (several months to almost a year) without major episodes, and the last few have been mild mixed episodes so I've been managing ok without meds up to this point.
Lithium causes shakes in people without CP. I wonder some treatment by something else might work better for you, there are a number which are also used as anti-convulsants but I've no idea if that would make your neurological issues worse or better. There are also a group of anti-psychotics that might work.