tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123314.post4853496209998494467..comments2023-09-25T10:45:15.506-04:00Comments on Are you gonna eat that?: Too BadJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347195133326535822noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123314.post-66859793329600046242008-08-19T15:25:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:25:00.000-04:00Take the 300 now that it's generic, trust me. I'd...Take the 300 now that it's generic, trust me. I'd been stretching mine by taking 200 too and I feel WAYYYYYYYYYYY better since I am taking my actual dose.<BR/><BR/>Karen, I'm sorry you are dealing with this. I was dxed at 30 after being dxed with major depression at 15. They had it WAY wrong. Had I been diagnosed at your daughter's age, I think my life would have been on track much earlier. I have a lot of confidence that she is going to be fine. Find a good psychiatrist, find a good therapist who can help her with coping strategies (bipolars have notoriously bad ones) and make them find the right cocktail of meds for her. It can take awhile but there are so many meds that can help now and they do need to be tweaked a lot.<BR/><BR/>On the antidepressants I spent lots of money, drank too much, did many reckless things, also ruined relationships. Since I have been properly diagnosed (I am 36 now) things are better and I think I pretty much function like a normal person for the most part. I have been married for almost 9 years, together for 11 and he loved me before things were okay.<BR/><BR/>I think you and your daughter have a rough road ahead but I am betting that by high school things are going to be much better. I wish you could talk to my mom. I'm sure she feels your pain. We all made it through and you will too. Big giant hugs.jennyquarxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990182041870805396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123314.post-52788760780179488942008-08-19T15:15:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:15:00.000-04:00Try not to skimp on the meds. The last time I did ...Try not to skimp on the meds. The last time I did that, bad things happened. Definitely tell your doc you do not have the funds and are stretching the meds now. Maybe she can get you some free samples or work something out. As doctors go, they charge a lot for unnecessary time. I had a headologist insist I NEEDED and MRI. Once I told her my insurance did not cover it and I had no money, she decided it could wait. I asked her what it would solve and the answer was "Nothing it is standard procedure". At $2,500 a pop I would like to know something more than standard procedure. When my insurance did cover it I learned absolutely nothing from that test.Cynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01131131791219111658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123314.post-51700779637616792622008-08-19T10:00:00.000-04:002008-08-19T10:00:00.000-04:00Oh, and Karen- click on the word MEDS at the botto...Oh, and Karen- click on the word MEDS at the bottom of this post and it'll show you most of my blog entries about being bipolar.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347195133326535822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123314.post-77444400427448862232008-08-19T09:50:00.000-04:002008-08-19T09:50:00.000-04:00Karen-I was diagnosed when I was 26, after an epis...Karen-<BR/><BR/>I was diagnosed when I was 26, after an episode of depression where they put me on Prozac and it tipped me into full blown mania. It sucked. <BR/><BR/>In retrospect I had been Bipolar my whole life, at least since I hit my teens. My dad was undiagnosed, and he was miserable. His twin sister WAS diagnosed and back then they didn't know what to do with her so she spent most of her life in a psych ward.<BR/><BR/>Being Bipolar ruined every relationship I ever had, up until this marriage. I had stopped taking my meds in 2001 because I felt so good I decided I didn't need them. Bad idea. In 2007 in the spring I almost had a psychotic break, and I got my ass to the headologist as quickly as I could. I had been on Depakote before, but it made me fat and made my hair fall out so I didn't want to be on it again. It also gave me tremors. This shrink put me on Abilify for mania and Lamictal for depression, and it seems to be working great.<BR/><BR/>Hubby and I haven't had a fight since my meds started working. We used to fight all of the time. I was seriously thinking we would end in divorce.<BR/><BR/>If you have any other questions, let me know. I know I've left things out.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347195133326535822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123314.post-64237016588149565802008-08-19T09:22:00.000-04:002008-08-19T09:22:00.000-04:00OOoh... you are exactly what I need... a grown up ...OOoh... you are exactly what I need... a grown up who is bipolar!<BR/>We need to talk! <BR/>My daughter is ... and I have been wondering what its going to be like ... she is 13 now and I am thus far NOT ENJOYING THIS SHIT! Pardon my french. <BR/>And we have the same deal... 15 minutes... here is the script. We are allowed to go 6 months! (but h ave to call every month to get her Focalin for adhd.. which is a sincere pain in the rear.)<BR/><BR/>Tell me more.. when did you find out you were Bipolar? Hows it been besides sucky, for everyone else? Im so worried it will be hard for her to find someone who loves her... you seem to have done fine!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123314.post-23418597924347697032008-08-19T09:15:00.000-04:002008-08-19T09:15:00.000-04:00((Hugs)). The whole 100 for a script thing sounds ...((Hugs)). The whole 100 for a script thing sounds like a scam to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com