Well I finally had my open heart surgery ( four bypasses and a new aortic valve).I was in I.C.U. for 3 days and 8 days in a regular room ..The first 3 days in the I.C.U. went by like a dream ( you...
Still waiting.The surgery was delayed because of the Covid 19 flu. Should have it in the next 3-4 weeks(changing the aortic valve and 2 to 4 bypasses ).I did purchase an electric levelling recliner...
Hello jc77.I have been on Abilify for 8 months.I started out with 2 mgs per day and it got to a point that I wanted to crawl out of my skin..After going through multiple meds to go with the...
Thank you guys.I was certainly hoping to have more feedback.There has to be a lot people in this forum that have had open heart surgery.Did you rely on a hospital bed or one of those electric...
Hello everyone. I am new to this forum and normally post on the bipolar forum.I will have open heart surgery for a new aortic valve in Sept..Also , next week i will find out if they have to do bypass...
Welcome to the Forum!! I am Bipolar and my meds are 300 mg ( 2 x 150 ) of lamotrigine and 2 mg of abilify per day.For six years i was treated for depression and I went through 18 anti -D s. so ,be...
I posted ( a while back) about the side effects I was having with Abilify. I had to cut a 2 mg pill in 4 in order to have less side effects. It took a long time but I have been on 2 mg a day for 2...
I agree with Mogli.Anti d,s are not good for bipolor II.I tried prozac and it just made things worse.As stated above I am on lamotrigine 300 mg and 1 mg of Abilify.Will be going up to 2 mg next...
I am now up to 1 mg of Abilify per day with no side effects.Wiil be going up to 2 mg s in 10 days.Cannot believe that had to start on one quarter of one mg s for my body to ad just to this med!!!!!!!...
Thank you Sharon for your feedback.My doc did not want me to start alternating between the PPI and the Famotidine.He said that he has patients who have been on PPI s for over 30 years with no side...
Hello.I have been taking a PPI ( pantaloc ) for about 10 years.A few years back when this scrare about the long term side effects started I alternated ,one day pantaloc and the next day famotidine...
Hello Karen.I am still on one half of 1mg of abilify.No more side effects.I will go up to one mg in 6 days.Going very slow with this one....
Thanks to all of you that gave me some feedback and Happy New Years to you and to all who are an this forum!!!!!!!...
My side effects are (with one mg ) ,nausea,headache,restless and I feel like want to crawl out of my skin.This will last 7 to 8 hours.Now I am taking one half of one mg (.05 ) and the side effects...
Hello MarinerMikebrown.I agree with you that Bipolar is hard to diagnose but 17 antidepressants in 6 years ??? I was able to diagnose myself when I went on the Mayo Clinic Website and did their...
Hello after taking six years (for the docs ) to discover that I was not suffering from depression but that i was bipolar 11. I have been on Lamotrigine (350 mg ) for one year and it has helped me a...
Thank you guys for your input.Still going strong with one half of .05 and I almost feel guilty that I feel so good (after almost 7 years )Karen I also read your comments on the depression forum...
Hello.A few weeks ago i posted that I had a lot of side effects with Seroquel and with Latuda.It s been two weeks that I have been on Risperidone and I feel really good.I started out with one half of...
Karen,if you check up on Drugs .com it tells us that with the regular Seroquel you start off with 2 pills of 25 mg per day.That is a total of 50.mgs. per day and you can go up to 800 mgs per day .I...
Last night I took my first Seroquel 50 mg Extended Release pill.I could not function this morning because my brain was in a fog.Spent AM in bed or in lazy boy.It says on the bottle ,do not crush or...
Hello HJ Quinn.I have been on Lamotrigine for a year and I do not see any memory loss.I do find that my sleeping pills really slow down the thought pocess in the morning.I still prefer Lamotigine to...
Hello Karen.I think my Doc wants me to try Seroquel (again ).I tried it a few years ago when I was taking Anti D s ( misdiagnosed for Depression instead of Bipolar ).The side effect was that I...
Thank you all for your feedback.Going through a rough time right now .Up and down....
A few months ago I tried out Latuda( in order to boost the Lamotrigine).It did the job but the side effects were ,shortness of breath,insomia, sore throat and a bad cough. My doc and I decided that I...
A lot of people are dead and buried because( they did not need help).I have an older Doctor and he told me that many people refuse to accept mental illness and turn to booze.I know a few of these...
Welcome to the forum freeasabutterfly72.Needless to say you are going through a rough time.We have all been there! How many years have you been bipolar? If you want to have a normal life you must...
Been on Latuda for 2 weeks and I feel much better.The last five days i have been taking it with breakfast instead of with diner and my sleep issues have been resolved.It is kinda hard to eat a bigger...
Thank you H treturns.I am always amazed at the lack of feedback on this forum.I was diagnosed with depression for six years ond on the depression forum there is much more feedback.After six years and...
Hello .I am bipolar 2 and taking Lamictal 300 mg per day.I was still off a bit so I have started 20 mg of Latuda .I have read up on it and as usual, it is good for some and bad for others !!Do any of...
Welcome to the forum Robert! i am bipolar also and it s touch and go ..Some people get the right medication (for them ) right off the bat and others have to go through trial and error . I started out...
Hello.I am bipolar 11 and for the first 5 months I took (only ) lamotrigine 150 mg.This was heaven for me because I had been taking anti-D s for six years .I started to feel normal again and my sex...
Thank you all,for your input !!!!...
Hello MA10.How long have you been taking this drug ?If it s been 4-5 weeks then you should talk to your Doc.Sometimes it s rough when you start taking a new med but, as your body gets use to it , the...
I would like to inform everybody about my situation and hopefully it will help someone who is suffering from chonic depression.Six years ago I was diagnosed with chonic depression and started on an...
Hello HT .I just read your post and I also, am surprised at the lack of communication from the people who are bipolar.I was on the depression blogue ( error in the diagnostic ) for 6 years and what a...
Well, I really felt depressed so I went to see a Doctor here ,in Florida .He told me that I should be on a small dose of an anti-depressant .He prescribe Prozac 10 mg (smallest dose ).I have been on...
Thank you.I have been on Lamotrigine for 5 months and like I wrote ,each time I up the dose I feel good for around 2 months.It certainly seems that 5 months is a long time for it to keep me...
Hello .I was diagnosed with bipolar last October.I started out with 25 mgs per day of Lamotrigine and slowly worked up to 100 mg per day.Every two months I start going down hill and I have to be...
I have very little information about my father other that he would shut out people around him for long periods.When I am properly adjusted with the mood stabilizer I do not need a sleeping...
Thanks to all of you for your feed Back. I do have some symtoms of hypomania.I have racing thoughts or flight of ideas , diminished need for sleep ( but I want and need to sleep ),it s the racing...
Hello Tim Tam.My manisc symptoms were not as bad as what i ve heard from other people.Racing thoughts ,my brain could not slow down,thinking of sex constanly, being depressed for much longer periods...
Thank you for your reply.I knew that you did blood test when you take Lithium but I did not know that it was the same with Lamictal.I hope that I do not have to take an antidressant because I took...
Hello.After almost six years of being treated for depression and trying out 18 different antidepressants,I was finally diagnosed with bipolar 11. November 01 I started out with 25 mg of Lamotrigine...
Hello Can t give up.I took SamE for abour 3 months.It worked pretty good but the side effect was too much .II also suffer from Gerd and SamE really upset my digestive system.If you look it up, the...
Yes ,they are the same (so they say )...
Thank you Tim Tam.I will tough it out for another few days because I know that there is an adjustmnent period.I was on Trintelx 10 mgs (for the depression ) and I am weaning off for one week at 5 mg...
Hello.This is my first post on the bipolar forum.I have posted on the depression forum a few times .I was told a few days ago that I was bipolar (after being treated for depression for almost six...
How about all the people who have been taking PPI s for 20-25 years (my sister and my uncle ) with no side effects ? If you eat well,exercice,watch your weight and still suffer from Gerd what must...
Hello GreenBeans I have been suffering from depression since June 2013.During this period I have tried eighteen (18) different meds.Some worked for awhile and some did not.Some had terrible side...
I have been on PPI s for about 14 years (nexium,dexilant,pantoprazole ).I had a endoscopie and a colonoscopie done, also, a second endoscopie 2 years after the first one. I was told that i had acid...