ive had the best luck not to rub it in. i love the meds im on now. its a chess game with meds you just have to find the ones that work. ask the doc bout switching what r u on by the way?

Lithium, Lamotrigine, Risperdone, Imovane and clonazepam. I'm like a walking drug store!

Oh, I hope it settles out.The fine-tuning is important and can hurt too.Like they are teasing yr brain.
Mine took a year or so to feel.

If someone had given DS to me earlier, I would have known to complain more.I just allowed the side effects to hit me.I was ingnorant as Bush would say ..haha x

Am I understanding your quetion? You are worse because you took meds and have gone off them and during that time you suffered episodes?

No Orb...I've had worse episodes since being on meds and I continue to take the meds. They just keep adjusting them or replacing them over and over and over again. Quite frankly, I'm sick of it. But I'm still taking my meds.

It can take quite a bit to find the right meds. If you give 100 people the same depresion med, you will get 100 different responces. Brain chemistry is not as exact as we like to think it is.

I too felt like I was a walking drugstore. If you read my profile you will see all of the meds I have been on since I was diagnosed this past March, it's crazy. I decided 2 and a half weeks ago to stop my meds because like yourself they were making me feel like shit and the side effects were not something i wanted to continue dealing with. I've never felt better than I do today and this is after having several breakdowns and episodes while being medicated. I also don't recommend doing this, different jokes for different folks, ya know!!! Have a great day.

I requested med changes three times. My 1st pdoc just wanted to keep adding meds until I was a swamp of synergistic symptoms.

When I realized he was adding meds to counteract side effects of meds, I changed pdocs. This one reduced anti-depressants and Switched me to Lamictal. I use Seroquel to short-circuit any events. I am much more in control of my life and my treatment.

I would give myself three months. If i didnt feel better in that time frame I would request a change

3 months can be too short of time depending on which meds you are taking. Some, like Lamictal, can take a few months to get to theraputic levels.

If you are one ones that dont need to be ramped up slowly, 3 months should enough to see any changes, good or bad.

At one time my old doctor had me on nine different meds at once. Plus some emg use ones. I cant remember what I was on, I cant even remember that part of my life very well.
Then I found a really good doctor that weened me off everything. Then started new. It took several different trys and a little over a year, but I am doing better now. For me I would never leave all my meds behind. I was just reading last night in a book (Ok I went and got the book so I could quote it correctly) it says " -..Some medicines have what are called neuroprotective properties: They are able to protect the brain from being damaged by the illness, and many may actually activate natural mechanisms for the growth of new nerve cells." This is from the book Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder a 4- step Plan... By Julie Fast and John Preston, PsyD
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I feel the same way execpt my feelings are my body can't handle this any more. But in the back of my head is saying hang in there it will all even out. I have been on lithium since march and they keep on putting me on other stuff that makes me worse to the point I end up in hospital. The others are right every med takes a toll on everyone different. give it at least 6 months and if you feel the same way go back to your dr and tell them that you gave it 6 months and it is not working and taht you want to try something different.