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raku
- Location: GA, United States
- Gender: Female
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- Bio: I am a wife and Mother. I am late forty's and have had mood swing
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bipolar disorder, depression, unstable mood swings, hypothyroidism, artDRUGS I AM TAKING:
low dose lamictal, adderall, , levothroid for hypothyroidism, wellbutrin (which I think is my med!)ABOUT ME:
I was having problems with feeling exhausted all the time and my husband was getting tired of me having these raging, screaming attacks at him just because he annoyed me. It seemed out of proportion. So, my evaluation from the pdoc was bipolar.....this was 7 years ago. I was first placed on effexor for two years without any improvement yet began to cycle more, and became hypomanic...or maybe it was mania...whatever it was, I wanted to do some very daring, seductive things, and as an artist, I feel my creativity was extremely hightened.I drew things that came from my imagination that were unlike drawings I had done in the past. I was just recently, (June 2, 2008),put on lamictal along with antidepressant, wellbutrin. The wellbutrin works on dopamine I read. This is very interesting because all the other antidepressants I have been on, have not helped and they all worked on serototin. The wellbutrin has really helped a lot...or maybe I just came out of this past long mood episode of irritability, motivational problems, concentration, frustration, depression...just to name a few. I hope it is the wellbutrin, however. I wonder if dopamine is the problem with bipolars? You don't want too much dopamine, but you don't want to little. Finding the right balance.I have not had any hypermanic/manic episodes in seven years (caused by effexor and no mood stabilizer) but mild to moderate depression...which I hope wellbutrin will take care of. I still have mood swings, not as violent, but I wish I never would. I am really trying to stay on a regular sleep cycle, and activity schedule, as I know that it helps when I do. Structure I think is good for bipolars, and of course, an understanding husband. God bless his soul. How he has lived with me! I admire my Mom who has lived with a terrible Bipolar husband....and she is still his wife. It is definetly genetic. My other sister has it, even though she won't admit it, and I don't think it is as bad as mine...but it is there. She loves Jesus, now. So, that is her cure. I love him, too. But it is not my cure. Bipolar can't be cured. We have to help ourselves by staying on a regular schedule, eating healthy and getting excercise. Then stress won't affect us as badly as it does when we are all out of sorts because we are not keeping our schedules. I hate schedules, though. I am such...a night owl.PHOTOS:
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