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.
Last week I was feeling really bad so I call my Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to see if what could be done. She asked if the manufacturer had changed and it had. I had a post about this a few days ago.
Long story short, my psychiatric nurse practitioner didn't get back to me so I did something I tried years ago when I was having problems with generic meds. I would take a capsule and divide in half. I would take the additional half once a day in addition to my regular meds. I figured the generics don't have as much medicine as the name brand because of the margin for error on generics.
It worked great for 2 or 3 days but yesterday that sneaky depression came back. I don't know if it's the meds. or something else.
I will call my Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner tomorrow and see if I can get a hold of her.
I've been on the fence about changing people but change makes really nervous these days.
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Hi All.... It's great to see all of the new people joining the site... I'm loving it!!...smileI'm not sure if people are aware that if you don't have Bipolar Disorder but have a loved one who has the disorder we do have a board for people to go to in order to share their experiences and seek friendship, support or adviseIt's the Friends and Family of Bipolar Board.... I hope you'll take a...
An N.P. is not going to have the knowledge that a Psychiatrist does....and change is not easy but sometimes it is necessary.
You can have your N.P./any Dr. request on your prescription a specific brand generic so that you stay on the same meds that work for you. I have to do that with several of my meds so that I don't get the same variation of cheap white round pill that my pharmacy uses whenever it can.
Take care,
Kat