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The 'Joy' of med changes

I am going thru my monthy brain swirl with the latest med change. My pdoc is slowly reducing the tegretol that I was prescribed when first diagnosed over to lamictal. I'm getting to the end of the process but it still throws me.   I go thru the anxiety before hand knowing that it's coming. He even asked on Wed if I was ready. I talked about... Read moreChevron
posted 11/20/2010, comments (0)|
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Singing to relieve the word-blockages from Zonegran

Hi, all. Back after a long hiatus. I just wanted to share something I've been trying that seems to be working.   I've been having a really rough time with word-blocking because of Zonegran ... which is for me not nearly so bad as Lithium in its overall cognitive impact, but it does have this one problem. And I find... Read moreChevron
posted 11/16/2010, comments (0)|
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Meds Compliance: Our Window of Opportunity

My blog Knowledge is Necessity features two posts on staying well, inspired by two studies five years apart that surveyed "successful" bipolar patients for what worked for them. We will go into these studies in more depth in a future post here. Right now, we will focus on one salient point involving medications.Eighty-five percent of the patients... Read moreChevron
posted 10/01/2010, comments (6)|
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How long does it take?

Hi,   My boyfriend was diagnosed about a year ago.  I understand that everyone is different, but I would like to know how long it usually takes to find the right drugs or combination of drugs.  Nothing seems to work so far.  It has gotten so bad that he has been in the hospital 16 times in the last 6 months.  Every time... Read moreChevron
posted 09/16/2010, comments (0)|
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Meds Compliance: The Problem Psychiatrist

Deb writes:I have told my doctors that the Seroquel they prescribed me made me a zombie. I begged to try something else. But they threatened me with court intervention, Go figure??? She goes on to say:I'm the one who asked for help, but not to drug me up so bad that I can't even function and wake up once in awhile. I am only 48 years old. I am not... Read moreChevron
posted 09/10/2010, comments (4)|
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