Posted by WorryGirl on June 13, 2003, at 9:42:58
I have been going to therapy for a couple weeks and recently saw a psychiatrist. Between the two of them they have determined that I do have rapid cycling bipolar, along with general and social anxiety and my bulimia. I saw a nutritionist and am working on keeping my appetite under control. I have been running as much as I can, but with so much rainy weather lately that hasn't been very often.
I have just started taking depakote. It is a pretty small dosage to start with and I'm not noticing much of a difference yet. The bad part is that I can't take an anti-anxiety or depressant because it would make my rapid cycling much worse. I was hoping that my anxiety would be relieved, and was told that this medication won't really affect that, but by controlling my mania, maybe I won't have as much anxiety after all.
Last night my toddler woke me up about 6 times, continuously crawling into our bed, screaming for me to help her at the toilet, and being afraid of monsters, etc. I was exhausted and very irritable to say the least and about lost it the 6th time. I hope I can do better than this soon!
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