Posted by chicklet on September 25, 2003, at 16:46:41
In reply to Re: Oh I'm an interesting case all right... » chicklet, posted by BarbaraCat on September 25, 2003, at 14:12:04
>>I do find that fish oil helps alot and notice when I'm not taking it.
Gimme a brand, ma'am! I ended up with a fishy one and gave up. nice patience, hmm?
>>I've had hypothyroidism for a loooooong time, well before any lithium.
No, I'm sorry...my "thank you Lithium" comment was about MY experience with Lithium. It's why I'm on synthroid.
>>and would love to find something to replace it.
Yeah it actually worked well for me, except for the weight gain, acne etc...great timing...high school.>>Has this replaced lithium for you as a good mood stabilizer?
Yup. Initially as I said, it was Tegretol. For like, man- 14 years or so? And I did, at that time, have full blown no doubt about it manic episodes. But since they nabbed it I haven't gone there again. A little hypo here and there. But the DOWNS...that's where it nails me.
i was really good on Tri., s/e...maybe some headaches but I can't really say which of the many drugs is responsible for them. Tegretol is a good mania zapper and Trileptal is tons better because the s/e's are so much more minimal. But that's me...It's kinda why I don't really post on the med board...it just seems like everyone has such varying chemistries that it's nearly impossible to predict anything! Oy.>>Anything else you want to say about it, s/e,
Anything else you wanna know... email me...guzibean at yahoo. There you are!
>>BTW, What are your experiences of being bipolar? How do you know you truly have it if you don't get mania (which is what I take to mean by the 'fun parts').
Been asked that many a time...if you want to e me I can tell ya about it. I'm not going to be posting anymore after today so you can get me that way...please do! I'd like to share war stories!
>>organize 'get to meet the neighbors' events.Oh my God I can relate so much it hurts!!! It's the freaking follow through. Ev er y single time. By the time the event is to occur, I'm down again.
To the following: WOWEE! But say goodbye to those heavenly choruses if you start on Trileptal!
hopefully I'll 'talk' to you soon?
Thanks for responding...
Take good care.
Wait wait- I hear something...it's an angelic voice....
Naw, my cat's just snoring...
:D
>>start hearing heavenly choirs and angelic voices, everything is 'according to prophesy'. I like to stay in this mystic window for a little while because I've gotten some amazing insights and gifts from the visions in this rarified place. It's as though there's an energetic frequency I pass through that allows me to pick up the 'psychic channel' on my psyche-antenna. But alas, it then disintegrates into total chaos and a black agitated depression where I doubt everything, especially glorious visions. The angelic choirs turn into the legions of hell and follow me into the depression - voila, mixed states! So, I miss the raptures but not the hell.
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> But still, the whole phenomenon is fascinating. The experiences could be due to psychosis, or the condition may somehow open up some gates that let a larger spectrum in, like some hallucinogens do. I think most of the mystics and saints who had visions were probably seriously bipolar and/or schizophrenic - not to say that either condition discounts the validity of the experience. - Barbara
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