News of Mood Disorders

I was diagnosed as Bipolar 2 in my early 20s and had numerous hospitalizations and medications. However, I went off all meds in my late 20s, and did lifestyle adjustments successfully. Natural supplements, lots of exercise, low stress, etc. And life was good.
Now I'm 45, and the last 7 months have been mostly depression, but I also recognized about 2 weeks of a hypo-manic state. Since that hypo-manic state 6 weeks ago, I feel ...

I am currently on 400mg Lamictal, 40mg Latuda, 100mg Pristiq for my Bipolar 1. Anyone else on the same medication? Thoughts?

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I'm new to this forum and I'm hoping that someone can relate.

I'm in a relationship since 6 months with my girlfriend 29yrs old who is diagnosed with BP type I. It was all going well and we talked for hours everyday until 4 weeks ago. She suddenly changed her behaviour, we still talked, but she did'nt want to share things about whats going on in her life anymore. When I asked her what's ...

I feel like I faked my depression all along. I started suspecting it when I was 11- I was coming to terms with my sexual identity and lost some personal friendships which left me feeling lonely, deeply hurting, hating myself, isolated, and suicidal. And my dad was narcissistic, that too. I thought it would go away normally but it lasted for weeks. I self-diagnosed using online symptom checkers before I got my official diagnosis for ...

I am new here havn't been diagnosed yet I am going to psych dr on Thursday because my gp has tried all he could and there could be underlying factors to what is going on. I have PTSD and Depression. to me it is awful hard acting like everything is fine at work and it wears me out, I just don't know what to do. I will go for a while and everything is going ...

(also hello all, I just joined in)...

I was diagnosed with very rapid cycling bipolar a couple of weeks back after hours sitting at the hospital and mental health clinic. Doctor put me on Lamotrigine (25mg a day and increase dosage by 25mg every 7 days until 100mg a day, 2 x 50mg) and Propranolol (2 x 10mg a day). I have lost all my appetite since. I am thin to begin with and I ...

I have no fixed self-image, the way I see myself seems to change on an almost hourly basis. First I think I'm the worst person on the planet, a moron, evil, etc. Hours later I think, "I'm actually pretty great! I'm super smart, super hot, and the kindest person I know!" Then soon after I think, "meh, I'm okay I guess" (probably closest to the truth.) What's that about? Am I alone in this? I'm ...

My manic episodes have resulted in lashing out at family members and friends with personal attacks... things that are better kept to oneself. I pointed out caustic character flaws of my aunt, uncle and grandmother. These are arrogant, conceited people and they slammed the door shut on me alecsn after I apologized for my outbursts. I find myself having lost many of the most important people in my life. Perhaps my comments were accurate, but ...

I just made a post about how I'm going off Abilify and this is kind of a continuation of that. I haven't had good experiences with any antipsychotic I have tried (Seroquel made me dead inside, latuda exhausted me, and now Abilify has given me tardive dyskenisia.) I really don't want to be on another antipsychotic, but I know that's what my psychiatrist will try to pressure me into taking because they're so dang popular. ...

I've been taking Abilify for 7 months and it worked, but sadly I started getting The Twitch ™. It's not the worst ever, it's rarely visible and doesn't go on all day, but I'm forcing my psychiatrist to let me go off the stuff. (He says that the twitch isnt worth going off a med that works but honestly he doesn't understand how terrifying it is. I'm scared it'll get worse and it already is ...