medication

My Doc think I may be on the low end Bipolar spectrum and prescribed me a low dose of Latuda but I’m scaired to start it. I’m scaired of being tired or it bringing me down too much. I already feel down, tired and anxious. I have always been on anti depressants and something for anxiety but this is new. I have always wondered if I have some bi polar because when things are finally good they are really good. I told him I feel like Wonder Woman lol which may be a bit of an exaggeration lol and now here we are. I am ready to feel better. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Let’s start with some background: as I’m sure many of y’all know or have experienced, figuring out medication with bipolar is no cake walk. I had terrible reactions to half a dozen SSRIs before anyone even thought “hey, maybe this person doesn’t have plain old depression. Let’s try something else.” And then I was allergic to the first two mood stabilizers they put me on (like deathly allergic). So when we finally found a medication I could take that worked and didn’t literally try to kill me, it was a huge relief. I have Bipolar I and, up till that point, I’d had no way of managing it, even aside from pharmaceuticals. Having a chemical mood stabilizer was amazing. My emotions were finally sorta “normal” — not alternating between “I am an immortal deity with ultimate power in this universe and beyond” and “my existence is so hopeless I might as well fade away into ghost-hood” with no in between. But there was one problem: now I felt disconnected. The medication dulled things so much I felt like I was experiencing the world through tinted glass — something I could see and hear, but couldn’t really feel, even physically, a connection to. Despite this problem, I knew that going off my medication would be far worse for my quality of life, so I kept on it.

Enter new information: I’ve been getting long, profuse, borderline dangerously frequent bloody noses consistently for months. Come to learn my mood stabilizer — the one that took over half a dozen tries to find — has been causing them. Now, excessive blood loss is not a good, so, three days ago, my meds dosage was reduced to start tapering off. And now my symptoms are reading their inconvenient heads. On the one hand, I’m finally feeling my creative spirit and connection to the energy of life again; on the other, I’ve never learned how to manage my Bipolar without medication and I’m having a lot of doubts about whether it’s even possible. So I need some help.

How have y’all managed or seen people manage Bipolar unmedicated? For those who’ve experienced withdrawal from tapering or going off medication, what are some ways you’ve managed the withdrawals and recurring symptoms? What are some ways to build support systems or some options for support systems that you’ve learned? I’d really appreciate any help y’all can give.

Much love ❤️

~Charlie

#BipolarDisorder My son is 36 and struggling so much with bipolar 2. He is unable to work and does not have good insurance, but we need to find a good psychiatrist to evaluate his medication and lead a new treatment plan. We live in upstate NY near Binghamton. Does anyone know of a trusted psychiatrist anywhere near us? #Psychiatrist #treatment #Medication

My medicine from this pharmaceutical company was so bad I had to go to the doctor and tell him I wanted my other manufacturer Teva. I’m on lorazepam and have pretty much always used Teva. I went to a different pharmacy and they used Leading. I didn’t think much of it but after a couple pills realized I was not having any reaction or feeling. I generally take my lorazepam to sleep and it wasn’t doing anything. A few pills later in the next few days I still wasn’t feeling it.

Then the withdrawal symptoms started. I was like uh oh! I researched this company “Leading “ and saw some other people complaining about their lorazepam too. I realized it’s not my imagination. I’ve been on lorazepam for 8 years so I definitely know.

My doctor was like well the generics are all the same and that doesn’t make sense 🫤 I nicely explained that I know my body and something isn’t working right. He prescribed me my Teva and I’m back to normal feeling. I really don’t agree with him that all generics are the same. Leading lorazepam absolutely showed me that. #Medication #Anxiety #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #PanicDisorder #BipolarDisorder #MentalHealth #OtherMentalHealth #ADHD #PTSD #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder