Bipolar Disorder Support Group

Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.

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cconfused71
cconfused71

Im going to the behavioral center for an assesment tommorow, I hope they take me inpatient for a while, I posted here last week how my pdoc said it was ok to reduce my zyprexa, well It was a horrible mistake 3 weeks of hell. I started taking the full dose friday and Im still not right. Im hoping they can get me on track, Im very nervous.

Nester4U
Nester4U
Glad you are feeling some better CC. Fast tapers are hell! I love the way you maybe (accidentally) spelled Foctor!! Not all Doctors are Foctors!! Ha!
MoobbusT
MoobbusT
You might be in for months of tinkering to find a med combo that works for you CC. Relax. Your opinion about not feeling drugged up matters. After a while of feeling that way on the meds I adjusted to them and my head cleared, but that was often 8-12 weeks each time things were changed. In the meantime I couldn't trust my thinking still.

Now without them for 12 hours and I can feel confusion start. So I am an addict for life. That doesn't concern me. Talk it over with your health professionals and team I suggest, but I have lost friends who fight the system. Thats why I have this view that taking meds is a lesser evil (it is in fact extremely helpful) than the suffering of uncontrollable mental anguish we don't understand, the thing most BP (and other) people are hiding from imo. That anguish being able to be chemically lessened is a boon.

All this is only one view and I am not knowledgeable, but this is my experience. Good luck.