Ok, I am not having a good time here. My psych doc was supposed to be back from India today, and now his office sayd tomorrow. I was released from the hospital on Thursday. In retrospect too soon. That one's on me. When I call home, and here my baby crying because I'm gone.....you can imagine. In the hospital they raised my trileptal, I thought it was helping, but it seems that it was just a temporary effect, because I am back to ultra rapod cycling...multiple times per day. I am all over the place. I am going from hypomaic to sobbing to almost numb constantly. I acn't believe I am back to this. Oh, and about the trileptal, I should have known because this has happened before (I was on this med before I had my baby).

This isprobbaly long and hard to follow. Sorry. I am just frustrated. I am nervous about what my doc will suggest when/if I ever get him on the phone. There is room to raise my topamax. I cannot go back to the hospital because 1/2 of hubbie's vacation for the YEAR is already gone, and there is noone else to tale care of my baby. I really can't handle this right now.

that's tough. i was rapid cycling too a few years ago after my acute manic phase and during my grand depression phase. i would get into these mixed states sometimes where I was super-energetic and fatigued simultaneously (weird, I know, but that's what it seemed like anyways).

I would recommend getting a second opinion from another pdoc. Never hurts. Probably wrong meds or mix of meds that is not fully relieving your rapid cycling states.

I haven't noticed any rapid-cycling with lithium (for the past 3 years or so)

hope you feel better...

angie: First of all, you should get this under control before it gets out of hand. You feel that you were let out too early, and the patient is usually the person who thinks they should get out soonest. I really can't identify with having a child, which puts you in a bad situation, but if you think you need to get this under control, it'll much easier to do it now than if things go downhill.

It almost sounds like you're having panic attacks, perhaps on a more spread out scale. Are you having a lot of anxiety? It kinda sounds like when I would come down from hypomanic phases. I would feel great, but my body was just so abused and my brain had been working for a week straight. Another thing that makes me sorta like that is when I'm going through a transitional period in my life such as cleaning up after a bad period or making important decisions about my future.

Please, keep us updated. There are very few people who don't have bipolar that really understand, so if you need any advice, support, or just to talk to someone who understands, we'll be here. You'll get this straightened out. You need to confront it; just make sure you're leveled out so you know you can manage things not just in the imediate future, but for the foreseeable future as well.

im super rapid cycling too....since my period stopped though, it hasnt been quite as bad....is this an effect of trileptol? im on 600mg at night....ive learned to deal with it, because they arent as extreme as before i was on meds, btu its annoying to say the least..........

im super rapid cycling too....since my period stopped though, it hasnt been quite as bad....is this an effect of trileptol? im on 600mg at night....ive learned to deal with it, because they arent as extreme as before i was on meds, btu its annoying to say the least..........


Weael:

I don't think it is an effect of trileptal. In my case, I was like this before the trileptal bump. I need a dosage raise in my other mood stabilizer, topamax, which I got today. In the past topamax has worked better for me when I am rapid cycling. I am on both mood stabilizers though (an I have to stay on trileptal for epilepsy too).

Angie

Ok, I am not having a good time here. My psych doc was supposed to be back from India today, and now his office sayd tomorrow. I was released from the hospital on Thursday. In retrospect too soon. That one's on me. When I call home, and here my baby crying because I'm gone.....you can imagine. In the hospital they raised my trileptal, I thought it was helping, but it seems that it was just a temporary effect, because I am back to ultra rapod cycling...multiple times per day. I am all over the place. I am going from hypomaic to sobbing to almost numb constantly. I acn't believe I am back to this. Oh, and about the trileptal, I should have known because this has happened before (I was on this med before I had my baby).

This isprobbaly long and hard to follow. Sorry. I am just frustrated. I am nervous about what my doc will suggest when/if I ever get him on the phone. There is room to raise my topamax. I cannot go back to the hospital because 1/2 of hubbie's vacation for the YEAR is already gone, and there is noone else to tale care of my baby. I really can't handle this right now.



I finally got my regular psych doc on the phone today, and he raised my topamax. As I remember, it used to work better for rapid cycling at a higher dose than this. I hope this does something. Thanks for your posts,

Angie