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Lamictal or lamotrigine is the "rash med" (if there's another one, I haven't heard of it).
REALLY! That gives me hope and might be something to talk to my psych about, thanks! There has GOT to be something that can be done to help me feel better.
Lamictal however is a med they usually don't like to mix with other meds until you're on a stable dose of it for a while as it often interacts with other meds *sigh*  BUT it's def. worth bringing up!!!!  I'll keep you posted...
Ok, Alicia...I'm convinced. Journal time starts as soon as I send this post. What do I have to lose? You've been right about so much so far.....I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks so much I love you!!
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Re: Journal
#202253 - 08/03/05 07:48 PM
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I am not bipolar, but I have had some bouts of depression. Anyway, I started journaling "just because" when I was about 13. (Actually, I think I got the idea from my big sister.) There have been times when I've written in my journal more than once a day and others when it's been less than once a month. Sometimes I have something "important" to write. Other times, it's just "what I did today." (Heh - the entries from 8th grade would put you to sleep.)
I really believe my journal helped me hold on to sanity at times and that I might not be here today if I hadn't had Frank. (Yes, my journal has a name..."Frank" because I'm frank and honest when I write.)
I highly recommend journaling. Now if only I could find the creativity back to write poems again!
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Re: *HUGS*
#202256 - 08/03/05 08:01 PM
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Lots of honey bunches of hugs, Alicia.
This guilt thing that keeps creeping up...it's a tough one to toss out of your head...surrender...give up...lose.
It's toxic.
It gets you nowhere.
I don't know how to feel guilty about the way I was born, anymore. I took it to the land of forgetting and unlearning, therapy.
Sometimes it peeks in at me through the figurative window and I give it the finger...yes, immature childish tactics.
I'm just working on not feeling like a freak of nature, an abberation, an abomination. (Sorry, I've been rereading THE CRYSALIDS, today) I'm epileptic and have GAD and OCD and bipolar. They'd burn me at the stake a few centuries ago.
I'm supremely morbid tonight. Don't pay attention to my morbidity. Indeed, it makes me laugh, ultimately.
Honestly, though...I don't know guilt for being born this way.
But I do know anger and fear.
I'll stop babbling. Welcome back, Alicia. I know you'll look incredible at the wedding. I hope you have FUN!!! HUGS! You've been to hell and back and survived in body/mind/spirit.
Kate.
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Thank you Alicia. Your words meant a lot to me and I am sure they will to Tina. I did not know you and your husband were LD before and after you got married. Thank you again for your kind words and the support of our relationship. Hang in there and again, know that you have us in your corner as well.
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Re: MEDS
#202304 - 08/04/05 06:19 AM
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You mean Elavil? That's funny because my back doctor wanted me to take a very small dose of it to help alleviate my back pain (it's commonly prescribed for pain and fibro, as well as depression), but my psychiatrist refused to let me try it because he said it can trigger mania.
Maybe you can take it because you are taking the other med too. It may have had something to do with me also taking Trilpetal at the time. Oh well, everyone's different. As long as it's working for you, that's great! Elavil's one of the older meds and it's supposedly very safe.
I hope you don't gain weight on it. Some of the meds cause this, and others don't.
And by the way, my vet wanted to prescribe Elavil for my very timid dog. She is afraid of everything, and he said they've had success with it in calming animals' fears. I never did try it with her because she has gotten better with time and a lot of love and patience!
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I know. I keep thinking surely they would've shown signs of it by now, but I had symptoms of it when I was a teen (and in college)---and just didn't realize that's what it was.
I am driving myself crazy. I keep looking for signs they are in trouble. I would never forgive myself if something happened to them and I didn't recognize the signs!
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Oh Alicia, your kind words mean so much. You're such a sweetie!
Long distance relationships are a bit tough but we don't plan on doing this forevever. I see a move to NYC in my future.
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Epavil
#202319 - 08/04/05 08:08 AM
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I did a search on Epavil, BL, and it's NO"T Elavil LOL 
How do they do this to us? Elavil and Epavil...Trileptal and Tegretol? SO confusing!!! 
Now, I can;t speak for Alicia and tell you which one she is taking...but I did want to mention there is such a thing as Epavil
Love you *hugs*
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BL, do the meds help to keep you from worrying like this? PLEASE tell me yes....I need some hope today!!
I think because you know what bipolar is you will see it in your boys right away. Btw, are you bipolar I or II?
I love you lots!
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Ruchie
#202328 - 08/04/05 08:34 AM
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Oh, so it is something else. I guess I was just confusing the two. Yes, they all sound the same. It is very confusing!!!
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