CLONAZEPAM vs OXCARBAZEPINE

Hi everyone, Hope you’re doing okay, or better. This week it’s been 4 years since my first manic episode. Since then, I haven’t relapsed. I’ll try to keep this short, but it will probably be a bit longer since I want to write everything that I would have wanted to read 4 years ago. **Here we go:** M

I’m a 33 year old female and have been diagnosed for 5 years now. I spent countless days, even years, trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I would be on google nearly every day asking questions and just thought I had bad anxiety along with my PTSD and ADHD. My head has been off since I was a

“I’m bipolar.” “I’m bipolar type 1” “I have bipolar disorder.” “I have bipolar disorder type 1.” “I have bipolar illness.” All those statements were attempts to describe myself after my diagnosis, Bipolar illness, at the ripe age of 25. The following years were defined by this list (this is not an

I just wanted somewhere to celebrate how good I'm FINALLY doing. I've been in and out of the hospital for three years now for reckless behaviour and all of the mania, and I knew that you guys would appreciate this. After 6 months of not being employed because my doctor said I just couldn't work, I'v

I hope you can understand me, since English is not my first language. So a few days ago I restarted my medication after like years of The Misery™, you know folks, being in a shitty state all day, drinking heavily and doing clonazepam to get away from the pain, losing all interest in things I used to

For context, I’m bipolar one, and had a gnarly manic and psychotic episode when I was 19 which got me hospitalized for two weeks. That’s when I got my diagnosis, and I’m now 23. I’ve now been through boatloads of therapy, have a very comfy and stable home situation, a therapist and psychiatrist I tr

I have tried Quetiapine, Olanzapine, Fluoxetine… I’m fucking done with the side effects, I gained so much weight was hungry all the time and no desire on anything like numb/zombie all the time. I’m now on 350 Venlafaxine and just quit Olanzapine and was prescribed Clonazepam 2mg and Ambien 10mg, whi

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder almost 23 years ago. For me, the main clues that mania are approaching -- being keyed and missing sleep. Being keyed feels like I'm standing near electricity towers. I can almost feel a buzzing of current in my body and I have this overwhelming desire to be th

[Original Post ](https://www.reddit.com/r/beyondthebump/comments/1gtneeo/baby_had_seizures_at_15_weeks_old_still/) First, thank you to everyone for your kind words on my previous post. We have some potential answers now, so I thought I'd share an update. \*\* **Please Note**: Everything stated belo

Hey all, I’ve been on this sub for a while now and I’ve noticed that almost every mention of Keppra is a negative one. However, my experience with the drug has been very good and I’d like to share it. I was diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy fifteen years ago. For the first few years I was o

All I see, are horrible stories about Keppra — I’m not sure if I’ve seen or heard from anyone with a positive experience. Is there any body out there that likes it?!? Tell me about it, please? I think I’m going on it soon…. I’ve (42m w/ TLE) just recently switched from carbamazepine to oxcarbazepin

So a while back I asked people on different online groups for questions for Dr. Zeidman. He very kindly wrote back a few days ago and here are the questions, with his resposnes. **Questions about Treatments** 1. Can IVIG still potentially help those without the specific antibodies in your study? For

**Welcome back to SAR!** Ahh May—the grass is coming back, the birds are yelling in the morning, and it's Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month! Oh what a coincidence, that’s our topic for today! This week we also feature **Alex (**u/smokeytaboo477), a 24 year old American diagnosed with

Hello. I just wanted to share my experience with overcoming grand mal seizures. As soon as I graduated from High School, I started having seizures when I was 19 years old. All I can remember was having that aura (dejavu sickly feeling) and waking up in a hospital numerous times. My license was susp

Hello fellow pharmacists! Due to USP <800>, we have to crush hazardous meds (warfarin, finasteride, oxcarbazepine, etc.) that are administered via feeding tube in the chemo hood. However, no one seems to know what BUD to give to the final product. The BUD I’ve seen ranges anywhere from 30 days