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At what point to stop a mania swing?

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deleted_user
I have been in some good mania for the last 3 days. I have a lot going on this weekend Im trying to get ready for. Im little stressed out but in manic.

So far Im only sleeping 4 hours a day but I normally sleep 6 hours. My appetite is bout the same but I crave sugar. I have been like this for 4 days now.

I know this will come up, but no I do not want to do anything stupid to my self or others. I will stop my self and pop the pill before I think its getting out of hand.

At what point do I pop an Adderall. Im on 150 mg of Lamictal that I pop daily. I want to know if it would be stupid to let this go on till Saturday morning or if I should pop one sooner. The few times I have had to use the Adderall it has work very good.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I would stop it asap before something bad happens - that just my opinion.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I agree with Christine. If I let that stuff go on to long I get nuts.
shen
shen
you mean there is a pill you can just take when the mania comes? Wow. I didn't know that.
deleted_user
deleted_user
yeah i would love to have that delightful little pill...
definitely stop the mania now if it has been going on for 3 days..i know it is so hard to say goodbye to the wonderful part of mania....

does the adderall make you depressed when you have taken it in the past...or just even you out (sorry if that is a dumb question)
deleted_user
deleted_user
i would like to have that pill to i feel like i am going nuts when i am in mania modea and i drive everyone else crazy lol
deleted_user
deleted_user
Please call your doctor. Today.
deleted_user
deleted_user
You know what you are capable of! I like to ride the lightning longer myself. At least a week.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I presume you were prescribed Adderall because even though it's methamphetamine it does the opposite and calms you down. Take the Adderall since it has worked for you before, if no relief call you pdoc
deleted_user
deleted_user
At about the time you think you think you are god's greatest gift to humanity but before you think you are god himself.

But then again I am a manic bunny myself.
deleted_user
deleted_user
You need to stop A.S.A.P. Contact your doctor & let him know that your meds are not working well enough. Otherwise you would not be going into a manic stage.
deleted_user
deleted_user
My meds are working fine. I just got a bit to worked up and I hit mania. I did just pop the Adderall a few minutes ago and all I have planed for the next 10 hours is about 20 minutes on the computer, 9 hours of sleep 2 or 3 bathroom trips, and a shower.

Its the forth time that I have been this way since I started treatment. She (pdoc) has told me that it has a lot to do with that Im ADD or ADHD but insurance will not pay for the testing so she will not treat me for it.

I did call her. She is planning on upping me to 200 hundred the next time Im in there but she says to pop the Adderall and sleep it off. If I dont feel any better in an hour she says to call her back and she will come to my house and give me something that will nock me at.
cb72
cb72
... come by your house ... give you something ... to knock you out ... Can I have some, lol?

I just had a sexual thought there, and it's not even that suggestive. So glad I just filled my lithium prescription. :)

Ron brother, do you feel for me? lol
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