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Posted by 4mygrls on February 25, 2007, at 14:34:25
different meds and nothing seems to work. I tried all of the atypical antipschotics and mood stabilizers but nothing has worked. Maybe a mood stabilizer with a different med combo might work. I get so agitated, especially with my husband. I get to the point of suicidal cuz he wont deal with issues and i can't let them go. It then turns into a huge fight and then i become the bad mom and human being. I then feel that why go on living if no one wants me. I am tired of feeling this way. Everytime i try to talk with dh about what he does to hurt me, he just goes on about i'm the one who is hurting everyone and should be committed. I don't know where to turn to now? I have no family near me and no way to support myself outside of the home. I know that we need to be apart from eachother but i can't go anywhere and he wont go anywhere. Any suggestions on a good mood stabilizer? Right now I just want to sleep. I need some help here,please.
Posted by becksA on February 25, 2007, at 15:26:18
In reply to Best mood stabilizer? I've been on so many, posted by 4mygrls on February 25, 2007, at 14:34:25
For me I tried them all, and nothing helped at ALL....till Lithium. it's been a miracle for me. I was on a huge dose of benzos which I'm soon going to be completely off of, with NO anxiety, I'm falling asleep right away, sleeping through the night, it's been a miracle drug for me.
Posted by med_empowered on February 25, 2007, at 17:12:22
In reply to Re: Best mood stabilizer? I've been on so many, posted by becksA on February 25, 2007, at 15:26:18
Do you really think you need a mood-stabilizer? I'm not a therapist, but the description of your situation sounds more like you have problems caused by stress--mostly with your husband--and your behaviors or mood swings are a reaction to that, especially since you seem to feel confined and unable to address the situation directly. A mood stabilizer might make you more sedated and make you more apathetic, so you care less about your difficulties, but I don't think a medication would actually IMPROVE anything for you.
I dont know where you live or what your financial situation is, but usually, if you're married and you decide to separate, you can get some sort of legally-binding arrangement that would make your husband help you out, at least for a while. Alimony payments usually aren't that good, and they don't always last a long time, but you can probably get an OK "separate maintenance" payment until you can get on your feet. THere are government programs that can also help pay for school and such if you want to do that. I think what you really need in this situation is **legal** advice, not medication, because the problem seems to be how to get away from your husband but still be able to live OK.
That said, if you need to sleep, a benzo might help, or any number of other things--melatonin, remeron, trazadone, doxepin. If you're very, very stressed and unable to function, an as-needed benzo might help you--just be sure to use it to power up to deal with your life, not to sedate yourself so you can resign yourself to that situation. If you do that--use the drugs to cope--you might end up forever dependent on meds of some sort b/c your living situation will never change.
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