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typicallypop
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- Sep 13, 2009
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hi guyswhat I wanted to talk to you about today is I was diagnosed with bipolar about 5 weeks ago now and my meds are being increased incrementally. im currently at 350 mg of quetiapine. I was taken off my anti depressant about 8 weeks ago when initially diagnosed as cyclothymia and since then my mood has been extremely low. it was so low up until about 3 weeks ago I could have quite easily jumped off something high. I seem to have upped a bit in mood but still very low. should I be askingfor am anti depressant as well? my initial one (paroxetine/seroxat) was making me manic id been on it for 6 years . I now don't get such severe manics but I hate this feeling low.
this drop in mood has seen me bordering on losing touch with reality where I become convinced my husband is going to leave me and go back to his ex wife (she emotionally abused him for years and when he was hospitalized for it she started am affair and left him and he had to discharge himself to take over care of children so its less than impossible he would go back to that!) but it seems so real. then I spend every waking moment and everything hi do and everything we do (me and my husband) and talk about comparing myself and our relationship to her and his relationship with her.
its madness really cos he was so so unhappy with her and he really is the love of my life and he says same about me but I can't seem to shake these thoughts. to be honest as well the 4 kids we still have living with us and none of them want a relationship with her. the youngest 2 hve just made their minds up about that. my husband and I have always encouraged them to go even coercing when they didmt want to go but legal advice last week assures us they no longer have to go so its not like she is this wonderful person cos she really isn't but why am I so preoccupied with these awful thoughts (which are so distressing and painful etc and what can I do about them? what have you all tried that has worked.?big hugs.
this drop in mood has seen me bordering on losing touch with reality where I become convinced my husband is going to leave me and go back to his ex wife (she emotionally abused him for years and when he was hospitalized for it she started am affair and left him and he had to discharge himself to take over care of children so its less than impossible he would go back to that!) but it seems so real. then I spend every waking moment and everything hi do and everything we do (me and my husband) and talk about comparing myself and our relationship to her and his relationship with her.
its madness really cos he was so so unhappy with her and he really is the love of my life and he says same about me but I can't seem to shake these thoughts. to be honest as well the 4 kids we still have living with us and none of them want a relationship with her. the youngest 2 hve just made their minds up about that. my husband and I have always encouraged them to go even coercing when they didmt want to go but legal advice last week assures us they no longer have to go so its not like she is this wonderful person cos she really isn't but why am I so preoccupied with these awful thoughts (which are so distressing and painful etc and what can I do about them? what have you all tried that has worked.?big hugs.