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I was diagnosed with Bipolar depression 10 years ago after having suffered from extreme highs and extreme lows for years that often left me hospitalised.
I'm now 34 and take 800mg lithium per night to stabilise the moods and 20mg Seroxat in the morning to keep my mood at a little bit elevated.
However, in the last year or so I have been having many comments from people saying that my reactions to life events are rather strange:-
For example, my boyfriend broke up with me a couple of months ago saying that he 'never really got to know me' and that he found me to be 'robot-like'. He said I don't show any feelings or emotions, never get embarrassed, am always confident in every situation etc etc. He said he could see no weaknesses in me and that he found my lack of emotions and feelings strange.
I mentioned this to a girl I consider to be my 'best friend' and she said something very similar - that she couldn't work out why I would never 'open up' to her and that I always seemed so 'cool calm and collected'. To be honest, I feel very stresses anxious and shy most of the time!
I feel as if the lithium, which has worked sooo well to stop my big mood swings has now stopped me being able to feel any kind of emotions at all. I mean, I never cry, rarely laugh etc.
Should I have the medication reduced or is this normal?
I'm now 34 and take 800mg lithium per night to stabilise the moods and 20mg Seroxat in the morning to keep my mood at a little bit elevated.
However, in the last year or so I have been having many comments from people saying that my reactions to life events are rather strange:-
For example, my boyfriend broke up with me a couple of months ago saying that he 'never really got to know me' and that he found me to be 'robot-like'. He said I don't show any feelings or emotions, never get embarrassed, am always confident in every situation etc etc. He said he could see no weaknesses in me and that he found my lack of emotions and feelings strange.
I mentioned this to a girl I consider to be my 'best friend' and she said something very similar - that she couldn't work out why I would never 'open up' to her and that I always seemed so 'cool calm and collected'. To be honest, I feel very stresses anxious and shy most of the time!
I feel as if the lithium, which has worked sooo well to stop my big mood swings has now stopped me being able to feel any kind of emotions at all. I mean, I never cry, rarely laugh etc.
Should I have the medication reduced or is this normal?
