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Help me get out of my Bipolar Episode, Please!
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<blockquote data-quote="totoro" data-source="post: 145862" data-attributes="member: 3155"><p>Christie~</p><p>I am sorry you are struggling SO bad. I have Bipolar Disorder also... they think type I now after watching me for years... I am on Lamictal and Topamax and Ambian... I was on Trazadone and Zoloft as well but I found the AD's to induce my mania... I was agitated A LOT!!! </p><p>I had an episode were for 2 weeks I could not sleep and I had panic attacks, all of that fun stuff... husband and I were fighting. Lots of bad things. </p><p>I was cycling pretty bad. I was not around my doctor's... but I found I had to stop the Zoloft. I then had to decrease the Topamax later after I was back in touch with my doctor. I increased my Lamictal and have Difficult Child'd the Trazadone. I found the AD's just are not good for me. So I went back to Ambian and a small dose of Topamax and higher dose of Lamictal. </p><p>But while I was increasing the Lamictal it was SO hard... very unstable. Breakthrough mania... anxiety. </p><p>I found that during the 2 weeks and even now, I have to take walks, watch diet, try really hard!!! to go to bed at a decent hour... I do not sleep a lot... I find excuses to not take the Ambien...</p><p></p><p>But the big thing is to talk about it. I have found that I make husband listen. I have made it a thing in my life. If he wants to be a part of my life, he has to be a part of my BiPolar (BP) as well... SO he has to help me try and stay stable. So when he sees me start to fall apart I have to listen to him... and I need to talk to him, when I start to feel it. I will increase my Topamax a bit. Or some other thing that doctor and I have discussed. The past 3 days I upped my Topamax by 25mg... when I felt a bit up... It helps me. I used to do this with my Zoloft. </p><p>If you have a good doctor you can have a plan or a PRN on hand to help you when you start elevating...</p><p>Walks, diet, sleep, journaling. Forcing husband to listen and yourself to talk... are all good. </p><p>I clean... the frantic frenzied cleaning helps me... yuck I know!!! </p><p></p><p>Hang in there... If it isn't husband for you to vent to you need someone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="totoro, post: 145862, member: 3155"] Christie~ I am sorry you are struggling SO bad. I have Bipolar Disorder also... they think type I now after watching me for years... I am on Lamictal and Topamax and Ambian... I was on Trazadone and Zoloft as well but I found the AD's to induce my mania... I was agitated A LOT!!! I had an episode were for 2 weeks I could not sleep and I had panic attacks, all of that fun stuff... husband and I were fighting. Lots of bad things. I was cycling pretty bad. I was not around my doctor's... but I found I had to stop the Zoloft. I then had to decrease the Topamax later after I was back in touch with my doctor. I increased my Lamictal and have Difficult Child'd the Trazadone. I found the AD's just are not good for me. So I went back to Ambian and a small dose of Topamax and higher dose of Lamictal. But while I was increasing the Lamictal it was SO hard... very unstable. Breakthrough mania... anxiety. I found that during the 2 weeks and even now, I have to take walks, watch diet, try really hard!!! to go to bed at a decent hour... I do not sleep a lot... I find excuses to not take the Ambien... But the big thing is to talk about it. I have found that I make husband listen. I have made it a thing in my life. If he wants to be a part of my life, he has to be a part of my BiPolar (BP) as well... SO he has to help me try and stay stable. So when he sees me start to fall apart I have to listen to him... and I need to talk to him, when I start to feel it. I will increase my Topamax a bit. Or some other thing that doctor and I have discussed. The past 3 days I upped my Topamax by 25mg... when I felt a bit up... It helps me. I used to do this with my Zoloft. If you have a good doctor you can have a plan or a PRN on hand to help you when you start elevating... Walks, diet, sleep, journaling. Forcing husband to listen and yourself to talk... are all good. I clean... the frantic frenzied cleaning helps me... yuck I know!!! Hang in there... If it isn't husband for you to vent to you need someone. [/QUOTE]
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