Time for med change or upping them, hang in there they say it will get better...

Sorry you're going through a crappy time, I hope you will let us know if you get a med change and what is working for you, hang in there :-)

This is the biggest pain for us sufferers of bipolar disorder,the medications have to be changed up because they build up in our system and build up a tolerance to it. I hope you get in and get help,good luck.

Bleh.
I've been medicated for over 7 years now and so far, my experience has been that most meds work for a while and then quit working and I have to move on to something else.

Sleep I've got pretty much whipped and I'm very grateful for that!!!

But everything else requires regular tweaking.

Do you feel the effectiveness ebbing away or do you drop straight from 'doing fine' to 'can't function'?

If you feel it 'coming on' but you're still not 'at your worst', maybe getting a med tweak sooner than you usually choose to could keep you from going so far down.

That's about the best I can do for myself.
Try to nip it in the bud.
But I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that I may always need to be a tweaker.

Good luck.
You shouldn't have to feel this crummy so much of the time!!!!
I hope you find a way that will have you feeling better!!!

(((((Hugs)))))

they can poop out (certain meds)..time for a tune up?

oh, has your thyroid been checked lately? (tired, slow, can't think straight) it's possible.

This is something I never did...But you should complain or at least notify your docs as soon as any sort of side effect or no-show effect turns up. Keep ' em dancing on behalf of you and never let them skimp and save time over you.
Otherwise they will think you are having no problems.

All the best, the only way to advance is to keep kicking them up the jaxy over it

I'm with u. I'm going to wean off my meds, they don't work, except for side effects I can do without. So tired of playing games, letting pdoc's use me for a guinea pig. I've had it.
I know I shouldn't be posting this, but I'm just fed up with it all myself.

Oh I"ll be telling my pdoc. But I really need a reg doctor and yeah having my thyroid tested wouldn't be a bad idea I guess.

But it's been tested a lot and never shows up that anything is wrong with it.