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My wife is obsessing

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So my biggest fear, besides my wife cheating on me again, is that she makes too much of this BP illness in my life. It seems like every action I do is now equated to some result of my BP. She's really starting to want to get more involved - making sure I take my pills, talking to my pdoc, etc etc. Well, I've never needed that, I am medicated now (more on that in a minute) and if ever, I am doing pretty good (relative), so I think she's obsessing and looking for a new hobby. I've started weening myself off my meds, it's hard to sleep, and when I finally do, I can't hardly get up. Maybe it's not a good idea, but honestly I think I'm at the point where it's not that bad, I can buck it up, or white knuckle it. I'm normally at 200 mg of Lamictal and 300 Seroquel a day, plus a xany or two here and there. I've cut my dosage in half, only taking 100 mg of Lamictal and 150 Seroquel this week. Next week I'm going to stop the Lamicatal, stay at 150 Seroquel for a week, then drop the seroquel. Oh yeah, I am at 60 mg of Cymbalta a day, I don't think I'll mess with that, seems to work ok, or at least not make things worse. So anyway, now that I won't be medicated, I know I will be "me" and she'll have nothing to obsess over, god I hate that everything I do seems to revolve around keeping her off my ass about things. There's just no pleasing some people in certain regards.
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Have you talked to your doctor about weening off the meds? be carefull I stopped taking Seroquel and I have been sick for 6 days now. good luck and I hope your wife gets off your back. I know how you feel my Fiance is always asking did you take all of your meds. are you okay why aren't you sleeping call the doctor are you sure your on you meds cause you seem manic. like he fucking knows. then he makes me feel guilty or like i'm doing something wrong because i'm not mary fucking sunshine. now hes mad at me cause i don't want to go furniture shopping this weekend. i hate shopping! sorry i'm venting anyways good luck
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hahaha, birds of a feather!!! I so feel the same! I think my wife uses shopping as a "feel good" and I hate shopping, well, unless it's at someplace cool like Cabela's :-) But yeah, the babying and "watching" is driving me nuts. And durn, I didn't know coming off Seroquel makes you sick, so far so good, I'm weening SLOW, so should be ok. I've not talked to my pdoc, I don't think she cares anyway, she's just there to write scripts, my counselor is a seperate person, so I don't see the pdoc to "talk" about anything other than meds... And I'm not feeling like the meds are doing an IOTA of good, maybe I am not even BP???? Maybe I'm just as selfish as my wife, god only knows. All I know is I don't want to fool with this mess (meds) anymore, if it's an air of concern for my wife, then I'll rule that out.
freeheeler
freeheeler
Hey Tex, not sure if weaning yourself of the meds is a good idea when you are getting extra stress from your wife.

I'm on Lamictal and will be on something or another for the rest of my life. I've tried cold turkey and the depressions just kept getting worse and worse over time. I'm all about holistic stuff, being healthy etc., but I'd be careful about dropping meds.

Are you doing it to spite your wife? No offense meant here.
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yeah I know how you feel. just be carefull if you feel your self slipping go to a doctor. I think that my pdoc is the same way sometimes. I got so sick from the Seroquel (when I was on it) that I refused to take anything like it ever again. I have tried the no meds approach it didn't work for me the depression is just too much for me to handle and it gets bad. but if you feel meds aren't for you then no one can stop you. all i will say is be carefull. my brother is bp and off meds for years he is so scary to be around. talk about rapid mania its like every 5 mins hes manic. its scary.
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