Bipolar - All People Who Are Taking "Lamictal"

jenna87

posted 08/06/2008, comments (3)

The right medications?

How do you know when you're on the right medications? I've been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder for over a year now and I've pretty much stayed on the same meds. My manic and depressive stages aren't so drastic, but I still have them. Sometimes I think that's all the medicine is supposed to do. Right now I have this incredible urge to... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message

amandarrr

(Profile)

Living With It

RSS

posted 08/04/2008, comments (2)

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

So, I'm new to the site ... and, well, new to bipolar. It seems to have hit me like a brick. At first, there was "The Great Depression" finding out the prognosis ... then relief set in. Not everyone thinks like this and there IS more to life. And now, I finally have an answer. Haha, there is no brown foam in my brain ... that, my friends, is... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message

nevadafrenchy

(Profile)

I grew up around the world... a few years late, I graduated from

Living With It

RSS

posted 07/25/2008, comments (2)

Every day situations with bipolar: flipping out

We all have our times where we get irritated and "snap" a little bit so to speak. For us bipolar people this snap tends to happen a little more often. But that's ok, it just means we are passionate about the subject at hand. Sometimes though, it is not a good situation to be snapping in. A social situation perhaps. I... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message

CharKimber

(Profile)

Living With It

RSS

posted 07/20/2008, comments (3)

I finally got the right medication!

I saw my psychiatrist this past Tuesday and after him finding out I wacked off the back of my hair, about 5 inches gone, and told him I tried to take too much Xanax he FINALLY agreed with me that I am Bipolar-II. He started me on Lamictal. Wanted to find out if anyone has any stories about using this medication, what your experience is/was. I... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message

birdbreather

(Profile)

Living With It

RSS

posted 07/18/2008, comments (2)

The Man with the Hammer

Its been a rough month for me here in FL. My father lives overseas, and every year he comes and visits for a week and then leaves. I won't see him again for another year. He's a functioning alchoholic, he works for a large corporation and makes a big salary. This year he decided that I am a complete failure and that he needed to tell me... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message