Bipolar Disorder Questions (Page 23)

Medication - Abilify causing extreme fatigue?

My wife just started on 10mg abilify (upped from 7.5mg) and she is experiencing lethargy & fatigue. Is this normal? She's also on a handful of other meds (150mg of wellbutrin, Advair inhaler, and just took her off of benztropine for akathesia) but the extreme fatigue didn't start til... read more

Trazodone - Overdose??

My 32 year old son has just taken 6 Trazodone. He has been under Psychiatric care for BiPolar/Depression. How dangerous is this amount?

I accidentally took an extra levothyroxine pill last night?

I would like to know how long I wait until taking my usual dose of 88mcg and what to do about the blood test I will be getting in 4 more days. I am also on lithium carbonate 600 mg a day and 75 mg of seroquel at night, The pill somehow got in my pill case with the two other meds when I filled it.... read more

Can you mix wellbutrin and garcinia cambogia?

I am bipolar or they think. I have had bouts of depression and I started taking garcinia cambogia and went up on wellbutrin at the same time . I sort of lost tract of time and wasn't acting right so I went off the wellbutrin. But I went back on because I started gaining weight without it. Is... read more

Can you take Depakote and Lamictal together. If you can what would the dose of each be? Is anyone?

... else on both?

Safe painkillers to take with lithium?

I currently take 1050mg of lithium (tablets) at night. I have been on this dose for years, but in the past 6 months I've been getting terrible headaches, and before I knew about the negative interactions, I would take ibuprofen for the headaches and experience what I now know were side-effects... read more

I used to felt in a much better mood when taken adderall and now I start feeling sick, any help?

Why would I all of a sudden feel sick, down, tired, short of breath, when taken adderall, since before it was all good, mood, ready to help, started to think of getting a job, and now I'm where I was before I started the adderall. Can anyone help me out? Thanks

How can I lose weight after stopping seroquel?

hi I have a question about seroquel. I started taking the medication and September of 2014 and had stopped since March of 2015. When I was taking this drug I was a hundred and fifty pounds and now I am at 210 I didn't really notice any different eating habits while on the medication just... read more

No medication seems to work for me...What can be the cause to this?

Dear members, I am new to this site as a member but have been frequently visiting it for self-education purposes for a while now. My main concern is that no medication on the market has seemed to work for me. I was initially diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder then Depression and finally ADHD.... read more

How long for risperidone to take effect?

I have taken risperidone (0.5mg) for 12 days out of 21 now. Should I have felt some effects by now or does it take longer? Or is it subtle? I understand its a low dosage though. PS I meet my doctor in 9 days from now to talk about my treatment. But I don't know if he will continue the... read more

Latuda - I don't eat very much in a days time as it is, do I really have to take it that much food ?

I've had bipolar 2 for many many years I've checked myself into the hospital at least once a year in fear I might try to harm myself I'm on lamictal prozac zanix , I've tried others almost everything I have other mental disorders as well, geadon gave me long QT syndrome and 7... read more

How to Begin Tapering Off Geodon?

I started taking Geodon at 20mg then was given the next higher dosage of 40mg. This pill doesn't let me function during the day. It gives my whole body this sensation of not being able to want to do anything but sleep it off and I can't stand it. I've been on several antipsychotics... read more

How long does it take for Depakote ER to reach its full potential?

Can't remember if I took my seroquel dose. What should I do?

I'm on a low dose - 50mg. I had a brain fart and can't remember if I already took it tonight. Should I just take it and risk doing a double dose since it'd relatively low anyway? Or should I skip it?

I'm supposed to take buspar 10mg twice a day, but hardly ever take a nightly dose. How bad is that?

I suffer from serious depression and anxiety (ADD & mild bipolar). I take 150mg Wellbutrin, 25mg Sertraline, and 10mg Buspirone every morning. I'm also supposed to take another dose of Buspirone at dinner, but rarely ever take that. Its either because I took the first dose too late and... read more