Information and opinions on health from Shellie at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/29481/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/29481/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/29481/index http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/20755/im-back Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:44:00 -0500 Shellie Hi everyone. It was a long stay in the hospital, but I needed it. I'm doing better then I was. I'm not symptom free, wish I was, but I'm not. They increased my geodon and lithium. Seems to be working for now. They also added seroquel at night to help me sleep. So how is everyone else doing? Shellie http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/20755/im-back http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/19653/hospital Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:40:00 -0500 Shellie Hi! everyone, I saw my therapist today. It went really well. He called four winds hospital in saratoga. They won't have a bed available until Monday. So on Monday I will be going because I can't go on like this anymore. I'm hoping they will get my medication straight and find the right combination that will work for me. Thanks everyone for listening, everyones concerns and suggestions were very helpful. I will talk to all of you... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/19653/hospital http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/19550/pdoc-today Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:20:00 -0500 Shellie Hey everyone, Just want to say thank you all for listening to me over the last couple of days. I know things are really bad with me right now because alls I want to do is die. I don't care anymore. I called my therapist yesterday and he was able to get me into see the pdoc today. She put me on lithium along with geodon. She also wants me to go to the hospital. I told her if the litium didn't work then I would consider it.  I... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/19550/pdoc-today http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/19399/good Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:19:00 -0500 Shellie This is just a journal entry. I am not doing to good. I have been dealing with racing thoughts, irritabilty, and not sleeping. I have been up for four days now and I feel like I'm going to explode. I try to sleep, but I'm just not tired. My therapist wants me to go to the hospital, but I want to avoid that if I can. The racing thoughts are really bad, I can hardly think straight. I'm not sure if my medication is working or not.... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/19399/good http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/19129/lamictal Sun, 13 Jan 2008 19:24:00 -0500 Shellie Hi everyone!  I'm currently on Geodon for about two months, notice a little difference, but not what I expected. My pdoc what me to try lamictal. I was on lamictal before and I got the rash. I'm a little nervous to try it again. What does you think, should I try it or maybe the geodon is not at a theraputic dose yet. I'm not having any side effects from the geodon, but my pdoc said it should be working by now. I don't know... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/19129/lamictal http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/18789/talked-doctor Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:57:00 -0500 Shellie Hi everyone!  I posted a question a few weeks ago about if I really had bipolar or not. I asked my psychiatrist about why she thinks I have bipolar. She told me that I have mixed episodes, which after she explained it to me, it makes a lot of sense. She said even though I get depressed, I am agitated and have sever mood swings along with really bad racing thoughts and I sleep maybe an hour at night if that. She also said most people with... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/18789/talked-doctor http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/18469/bipolar Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:15:00 -0500 Shellie My doctor diagnosed me with biploar disorder. I never thought I had that because I don't really get manic. I do have racing thoughts and my speech can become pressured. I aslo don't sleep, but it's not because I don't think I need to sleep, it's just because I can't sleep. I also have sever mood swings. I can go from being okay to being very angry in just seconds. I don't get ephoric or have grandoise thoughts. What... http://www.healthcentral.com/bipolar/c/29481/18469/bipolar