LAMOTRIGINE vs OLANZAPINE

I’m a writer. Maybe not a successful one at this point in my life, but it’s what I identify as. Writing has been such a big part of my life for as long as I can remember. Writing is one of the few things I am confident I can do, regardless of my mental state, and it has been my personal therapy for

Edit: I just got on new medication last week. I’m not looking to get attention I’m truly asking for help. I also just went through an episode of hitting myself. Which truly felt like it helped to let that out. I know that sounds terrible but I feel better now. I feel bad that my dog just saw me do a

soooo i just recently (in this last month) got diagnosed bcos i felt myself completely slipping. i sought out a doctor, homie did an evaluation and prescribed me meds. i was very unsure as far as whether he was correct abt the diagnosis or not so i went in for a second opinion and sure as hell, “you

I went to the eye doctor yesterday and when she saw i was lamotrigine i clarified i didn't have epilepsy but bipolar and she went on a rant about how i should get a second job because if i'm busy i wont have time to be mentally ill. like the whole appointment. girl i just wanted some new glasses. i

I was recently diagnosed with bipolar 1 about a month ago and I’ve been taking 200mg of Lamotrigine and 45 mg of latuda. My family is very VERY religious and they want me to go to a special priest hoping that I get cured of being bipolar. I know doing this will not bring me any harm, but I generally

Recently i had to find a new psychiatrist because my insurance changed. I told him I’ve been on lithium and lamotrigine for several years and he told me that he used to work at an inpatient facility and he’d only ever used lithium with those patients and would wean them off after they left. He sugge

Ok so first things first, the medicine works great for me. My complaint is the pill itself. Whoever designed them is the spawn of fucking satan and deserves the most awful of punishments. It’s just compressed powder. It dissolves in water, which is what spit is. Like who the fuck approved this shit.

Called the pharmacy Thursday to refill my prescriptions as usual, knowing I had at least one refill left, which would have gotten me through til my psych gets back July 4th. Pharmacist said it would be ready by 9am today (Saturday) because they didn't have the right size pills for my lamotrigine and

Risperidone made me lactate... yep Latuda made me throw up every single time I took it Olanzapine made me feel like I was drunk Seroquel made me gain 40kg and Lamotrigine gave me the rash

I couldnt read for almost 10years so maybe even longer. I didn't track the time. I was always a big reader. I finished 700page russian literature in a week. But for some reason I wasn't able to do this anymore. I could barely focus on a few Paragraphs, so I stopped reading. I tried it several times

8 years stable now on olanzapine, but i sleep 10 hrs each day which is alot for someone who wants to study alot, i switched to abilify 20 days now, everything is good but i have insomnia from olanzapine withdrawal, how much time will it take for me to sleep normal again?

So they admitted me to the psych ward a few days ago after my last post. The first night i couldn't keep my blankie and blew up and punched the shit out of my face so i have two big black eyes and my whole right hand is greeny purple. When the psychiatrist saw me the next morning (sobbing and hyster

i have a ton of questions that i would love to unload on people. but just for now i would like to know one thing... i have meds now "olanzapine" through my psychiatrist. what is something you wish you knew before taking your meds that you know now? also im not worried about the meds, i'm just being

I’m 30. I have struggled with this my whole life , unbeknownst to me. I went to multiple doctors and counselors, especially after I had my kids and was crying to them telling them there is something wrong with me please figure it out. They did labs and all kinds of testing. They told me it was in m

Anyone else have bipolar and told you have to take meds for life? I am worried about the long term effects of the meds but I am also worried about how I would do if I went off them. I am currently doing great. My meds are zyprexa/olanzapine and lithium.

And holy shit do I stink now. Not my whole body, mostly the armpits and it's like the really sharp and nasty sweat smell that usually comes from men who don't know what a deodorant is. This is what I wake up to every morning, F31 (Oh hey, that's the code for BP, never noticed this). Tbf I sweat exc