lithum for bipolar

I use lithium for bipolar - which I needed at age 50, zoloft was precribed for ocd and given in 3 times the amount suggested - all info. i can get!

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how do you know if you're bipolar?

Tommie Hale wrote:

I use lithium for bipolar - which I needed at age 50, zoloft was precribed for ocd and given in 3 times the amount suggested - all info. i can get!
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how long did you have bipolar before you found out?

Leslie ,I have just been diagnosed with bio-polar ,I have been through various meds.and I am to the point I don't want any more meds. Iam tired of the side effects,I am taking college classes and I can't think straight any advice?

Hi..I'm 18..and I was diagnosed with depression at age 15..and a month ago I was put in the hospital and now they say Im bipolar. I've been on various meds and Im currently taking seroquel and lithium and i still have my ups and downs one. Any advice or tips?

hi everyone!im desperate for help.im coming off lithium slowly i was on 1300mgs and now down to 1200mgs.unfortunately im experiencing chemical headaches as i call them ,not all time ,just at least one a day.is there anything i can do to combat or help them?i would greatly appreciate any help!thanx

hi my name is dustin im bipolar since the age of 12 and i am 18 now i have been though
alot over the years when they put me on lithium my problems went down alot i am on 1200mgs and it does me good. I want to say that lithium has helped alot and thanks for creating such a good medicene for bipolar.

hi, I was looking for side effects on lithium. I also was diag. 2 1/2 yrs ago with bi-polar with depression and I am also a recovering alcoholic. It really sucks. I have been in and out of hospitals always to have my meds. changed. Lithium I just started and that is why I was wondering about it. My head feels off balance. Weight gain from the past meds. will make anyone depressed

Connie wrote:

Leslie ,I have just been diagnosed with bio-polar ,I have been through various meds.and I am to the point I don't want any more meds. Iam tired of the side effects,I am taking college classes and I can't think straight any advice?

am bipolar too 20 in may 4 1987 i learned am not sick is too deal with pain strong and be patience

minxy wrote:

hi everyone!im desperate for help.im coming off lithium slowly i was on 1300mgs and now down to 1200mgs.unfortunately im experiencing chemical headaches as i call them ,not all time ,just at least one a day.is there anything i can do to combat or help them?i would greatly appreciate any help!thanx

be real dont let headaches stress you out lisa m ochoa

well done keep it up. i am bi polar too and on 1200 litium and am coming off it soon. i am shitting it.

Kayla wrote:

Hi..I'm 18..and I was diagnosed with depression at age 15..and a month ago I was put in the hospital and now they say Im bipolar. I've been on various meds and Im currently taking seroquel and lithium and i still have my ups and downs one. Any advice or tips?

i am 22 and i am on lithium and seroquel too i was dionost when i was thirteen and my advice is to say on lithuim and serquil because that has mad the most differance in my adult life, you will always have ups and downs that is normal stay with heathy support and lisen to your docter. it is somtimes hard to know what to do when you first turn 18, go to school and make a life for yourself good luck.

i am 57 years old.diagonised w/bipolar 2 years ago
also have epilepsy. i am currently on lamictal
400mg per day along w/ 600 mg tegratol for eplipsy.
i a having hard time with high energy for about
1 week (maniac) and the crashing for a few days]
before starting up again (not bad depression just "crashing". has anyone had this problem.
looking for a new med besides lamictal )just does
not work anymore! thanks.

My husband was diagnosed with b/polar about 10yrs ago, but was never put on the right meds. till last year. He is on Litium now and its wonderful.
He was so bad he wasn't thinking right.. he was to the point he was thinking of killing me and commenting sucide.
I happened up on the wonderful doctor who has turned his and my life around.

The only problem he is having is he is passing out, completely for only a few seconds, my question is has anyone else experenced this on litium?
thanks.

Connie wrote:

Leslie ,I have just been diagnosed with bio-polar ,I have been through various meds.and I am to the point I don't want any more meds. Iam tired of the side effects,I am taking college classes and I can't think straight any advice?

Chinese accupuncture and herbs. As well as a disciplined yoga practice

Kayla wrote:

Hi..I'm 18..and I was diagnosed with depression at age 15..and a month ago I was put in the hospital and now they say Im bipolar. I've been on various meds and Im currently taking seroquel and lithium and i still have my ups and downs one. Any advice or tips?

Agree with what the doctors say but educate yourself to alternatives. I 27 and had similar experience when I was your age. Yoga practice helps too

minxy wrote:

hi everyone!im desperate for help.im coming off lithium slowly i was on 1300mgs and now down to 1200mgs.unfortunately im experiencing chemical headaches as i call them ,not all time ,just at least one a day.is there anything i can do to combat or help them?i would greatly appreciate any help!thanx

Go to a chineese herbalist and tell him your symptoms I went through the same thing a year ago. Saunas will help to sweat it out as well as fasting

Kayla wrote:

Hi..I'm 18..and I was diagnosed with depression at age 15..and a month ago I was put in the hospital and now they say Im bipolar. I've been on various meds and Im currently taking seroquel and lithium and i still have my ups and downs one. Any advice or tips?

I have biobolar 2 and i wasw un the hospital in at the begining of the year and i also take seroguel trileptal,lexopro,buspirone and trazodone and i dont feel good. kayla try to keep your mind in thing that you want to do,thing that are good and that you love to do.I know that hard to do.there are time that i cry doing the things i love because is that hard but as long each day you are in this world you will love your self more each day.

HY iam 34 years old iam biopolar 2 i was in the hospital at the beginig of the year.I have 5 kids that i love very much.BUt i take seroguel,trileptal,lexapro, buspirone and trazodone.I thing all these med are making more depresed.there days that i dont want to get out of bed. but i have to of course.AND ijust will like to be in a cave alone in the dark.