News of Mood Disorders

Hi everyone! :D Well, my therapist started some med changes last tuesday. She decreased my seroquel and started me on geodon. I've taken geodon before with no problem. My problem right now is since she made these changes I have been way above hypermanic. Thats not even a strong enough word for what I am. My gf and my daughter are both talking about how I ...

I am a middle class 49-year-old woman with with a reasonably good income. Ssmething inside of me tells me I have no right to feel sad all of the time that many people are worse off. But I do feel sad...I find I cannot find joy in much of anything. I am married to a transgerdered man (who told me he was 'cured' when we were married)...he compulsively buys women's clothes. Through various decisions, some ...

I was just diagnosed with moderate to severe depression.
It was recommended that I take medicine to go with CBT. I wanted CBT because I hate meds. But I need the meds because I need to clear up my thinking better for CBT. I was prescibed Wellbutrin XL. I've been on SSRIs. I didn't want one of those because they numb me. I asked her if wellbutrin was an alternative. She was apprehensive to give ...

Does anyone else have the type of bipolar where they can't think at all. All I can do is memorize things. I feel like I'm in a haze all the time. I'm constantly confused. I don't even know what anyone is talking about most of the time. I was given a brain scan and it showed that I had Post Tramautic Stress and my frontal lobes were asleep. I'm hoping its because of bipolar and ...

I'm looking for information about dangerous drugs. I heard from someone that Topamax permanently screwed their memory up. Another person told me that Topamax paralyzed his face and gave him seizures. Someone else told me that when they took Xyprexa, they couldn't speak in full sentences and they forget how to say the alphabet. Someone told me that Klonopin gave them uncontrollable rage. Another person told me that Remeron made him suicidal. I'm taking risperdal, ...

I heard from someone that lithium made him feel out of it. He said that Depoke (is that the right name?) made him feel better. How many other people feel the same way. I'm on lithium right now and I don't want to be on it if it makes me feel out of it. The problem is that I can't tell if the lithium is making me out of it because I felt out of ...

I'm taking 200 mg of lamictal right now. My shrink told me that at 150-200mg I should notice the drugs effects. I don't notice them at all. I am a big guy 255 lbs so maybe i'm just not getting enough of the drug. I'm looking to hear from you if you've taken lamictal or know someone who has took it. If you take it or have taken it, how much do you weigh, and ...

Instead of telling you the sad story of my life i am looking for a reason to keep on living.

I'm now 43 years old. I am Bipolar 2 (manic depressive). This page journeys my life history into the world of being bipolar.

As a teenager, I always knew there was something not quite right with me. At times I was shy, withdrawn, backwards. At other times I was outgoing, popular and thrill seeking. I would bounce back and forth between these two worlds. However most of the late teen years was spent in on ...

My mother has been diagnosed (by many different doctors, many different times with varying disorders etc.) ....... bipolar, depression, ADD, PTSD, GAD, PD, BPD ... she also has psychotic features.

Symptoms shes told me or what I notice-

She has manic episodes and depressive episodes
(I'm sure you all know the details of .... acting like shes on top of the world, or won't get out of bed)

She has panic and anxiety attacks etc. ...