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Bipolar meds

Hello
Which antidepressant has been helpful for you (except ssri's, venlafaxine, bupropion, duloxetine)? I'm struggling with finding one for depressive episodes #Bipolar2 #BipolarDisorder #BipolarDepression #Depression #SocialAnxiety

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Bipolar meds

Hello
Which antidepressant has been helpful for you (except ssri's, venlafaxine, bupropion, duloxetine)? I'm struggling with finding one for depressive episodes #Bipolar2 #BipolarDisorder #BipolarDepression #Depression #SocialAnxiety

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Bad at waking up

Keep feeling depressed when waking up, but I'm being able to keep my sleep schedule, even though is not the best sleep.

Usually it takes me some hours till I feel "ok" after waking up.

I'm trying to keep my gains, whatever they are, meaning, I don't want today to be worst than yesterday, so if I achieve this goal, I'm already happy.

But kinda couting down the days when I will be back to my doctor (in one month).

I want to have better habits, do my part, but it all seems a losing game if my first thought at waking up is "I feel like shit!".

#Depression #Bipolar2 #MentalHealth #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder

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Bad at waking up

Keep feeling depressed when waking up, but I'm being able to keep my sleep schedule, even though is not the best sleep.

Usually it takes me some hours till I feel "ok" after waking up.

I'm trying to keep my gains, whatever they are, meaning, I don't want today to be worst than yesterday, so if I achieve this goal, I'm already happy.

But kinda couting down the days when I will be back to my doctor (in one month).

I want to have better habits, do my part, but it all seems a losing game if my first thought at waking up is "I feel like shit!".

#Depression #Bipolar2 #MentalHealth #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder

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So I got diagnosed with bipolar type 2 by my psychiatrist. And every session he has asked me if I was experiencing hallucinations. I’ve always said no even tho it was kinda yes. I would see daily glimpses of people. Like look back and they were gone type glimpses. Thought sense it was so quick it was fine and really didn’t acknowledge it. Well now I have auditory as well. Keep hearing screams and people fighting when I’m alone. I’m kinda scared if I tell him I’ll get sectioned and to be honest I cannot afford that. Like I risk getting evicted cannot afford. And I just started a new job 2 months ago so I don’t have felma and only 10 hours of paid time off accumulated. Is it likely I’ll get sectioned? Anyone experience this? An I over reacting? My brother has schizophrenia and hears voices telling him to run away or hurt someone and I don’t hear that. Plus I gave relapse on self harm or anything like that. I’m just scared I’ll be leaving my appointment in an ambulance.

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Feeling worse.

I woke up feeling worse. It doesn't help I'm going through an allergy.

Today I get to double the dose of lithium I am taking, hope it helps.

Started researching suicide methods. It is not my emotional mind talking, it is my rational one, it is like "I won't do this forever, this is the logical ending for me". I'm not really going to do it, but it is like "I have options".

I was really dumb at stopping my meds by myself. But I also think sometimes we need the experience and I went for help the minute I started seeing depressive thoughts coming over, but I underestimate how this would take time in real life.

I am 6 weeks feeling this kind of thoughts, during this time I had it worse and I had it better. It feels like even now being a bit better (probably later today I will be feeling ok, this has been my experience), I think with time you start really to not being tough enough to keep going back to this kind of thoughts that turn into feelings.

It is like, someone can cope with feeling shitty more when feeling shitty is the constant, when u start feeling better, being pull back to feeling shitty, it takes a toll on you. Also if u are doing the work and this keeps on happening, it brings desperation.

Sure, I'm not even in my second week of meds, I'm still on a little dose... so... when going through hell don't stop to look around!

#Bipolar2 #Depression #SuicidalThoughts

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