I am diagnosed with bipolar disorder. i take lithium ER 450mg BID, Mirapex 1mg for RLS, and zoloft 100mg to treat depression. I can usually fall asleep, however i wake and stay up for a few hours every night. i have tried benedryl,klonopin,trazadone,serequil, and elavil for relief however every one of these meds has a paradoxical effect on me. Any suggestions?
Sorry I should have been clear: I'm going in for a psychological evaluation specifically for bipolar disorder.
32 year old caucasian male: Otherwise healthy, athletic, history of anxiety disorder, congenital bicuspid aortic valve:
6'1 165lbs:
For the last couple weeks I've been having myoclonic movements. All over, head,
arms, legs, hands. I had them previously 4 years ago. Limited to my head and neck. At that time I had an MRI
done, with out contrast. It was negative for any mass, or region of mass.
Since then the involuntary movements were negligible or not noticed.
t until then that I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder while I was receiving treatment for my depression. Not only that but without treatment kids will most likely try to self medicate with drugs if not taken care of. My cousin is in rehab right now for her addictions and she didn't start treatment until she was 22. So again, with PROPER counseling it's better to catch the problem early on before it's too late.
The expert will be better able to advise but you may also like to check out the bipolar community forum and possibly even the depression community forum.
t really remember he is not avoiding the question. It is fairly common for people with bipolar disorder to not remember the details of episodes.
I am not saying it is always easy to live with someone who had bipolar disorder at times but if you truly love him it is something you can get through and have it grow a deeper relationship with each other. Most people with bipolar live full and satisfied lives. And as an aside - don't let email posts scare the crap out of you.
Xanax is NOT used primarily for bipolar disorder. It can cause much worse problems in the long run if your husband is addicted to it. It has a short calming effect, (to calm a person down when going through a panic attack). Then it wears away, causing your hubby to get manic again. It is by no means a mood stabalizer like Lithium or Lamictal. He seems to be self medicating with it. I love the stuff- that's why I don't touch it anymore. ;) Good luck!
My new doctor thinks I've been misdiagnosed for depression/anxiety. He says this based on everything I described to him and because general SSRI's just cause me more problems than good (high anxiety and side effects). He says I'm not BiPolar, but that I have a mood disorder, on the BiPolar Spectrum... maybe unipolar. He says he does not know exactly what kind of mood disorder yet, just that I have one. So he's trying me out on Lamictal.
ve been unable to get lethargy/motivation/depression wrapped up. I am treated for bipolar 2, severe restless leg syndrome and sleep apnea. Summer 2012 I finished chemo and radiation for stage 3 breast cancer (mastectomy 8/2011). Currently, I take Lithium 900mg, Mirapex 1.5mg, Arimidex 1mg, Xarelto 20mg, Iron 65mg and (vitamin)D3 2000IU. Lithium level is 1. I'm curious as to what might be my thyroid treatment?
Let me add, there is new research going on with glutamate receptors. There is one member of the depression forum who claims to have been cured of schizophrenia with an experimental treatment.
I was diagnosed a year ago this past January and I am a 33 year old degreed social worker. Talk about throwing me for a loop. I had been manic for two months at the time I went to see a psychiatrist to figure out what in the world was wrong with me. I did not understand mania, except the surface symptoms that we were taught in psychology. I had suffered depression for years, which is why I sought help with a psychiatrist. I was feeling depressed along with being manic.
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Your folks need to find a good child psychiatrist that specializes in ADHD. Any idea who came up with the Bipolar diagnosis? And by the way, its a pretty common mistake to mix up the two.
and if it is ADHD, there is a ton of info I can send you. Also the medication is a lot easier on the child then bipolar stuff.
Thank you for your reply, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder recently by one psychiatrist at the assessment team at the hospital,and he referred me to the recovery team and the psychiatrist ther. The new psychiatrist would have been my second one but she was on maternity leave so he was a locome (I know I was confused) I've been keeping a diary and my mood is up since I posted. I feel more energetic, happy, irritable because Im doing too much at once.
Anxiety can be a symptom of bipolar disorder. This was recognized by the fellow who originally described bipolar disorder as such, Dr. Emil Kraepelin, back in 1921. He described "anxious mania", and also "excited depression", which included a "great restlessness". He specifically named anxiety as one of the components of this illness. All that requires saying, because "anxiety" is not generally regarded as a bipolar symptom.
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