~*~BiPolar Folks~*~ - Page 2

faithgirl · 07-07-2009, 06:30 PM

That's just crazy DJ! Ya know, these people deal with people with MI all day long. You would think they would take special care to get things right and not set anyone off. Just sayin'...

Seriosuly though, this stuff is too important to deal with these clods any longer than you have to. I hope this gets straightened out really, really quickly.

faithgirl · 07-07-2009, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Houston Heather

Thats a good idea, Molly.

I strained my wrist, can't type much. The brace helps though.

I got b-slapped with a nasty depression around lunch, took some quick release lithium and some berries and cream, went to bed. Better now, not great.

Obviously, tomorrow I need to get out and have fun...or I'll brood... not good.

Hope tomorrow is a better day for you Heather, and hope that wrist feels better too.

CurveControl · 07-07-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by faithgirl

I am still working with my regular doctor. The form is for short term disability through a private insurer through work. i am going to fill it out as best I can. I am hoping that since I already returned to work, they will pay it. This is also a follow-up form, not the original form that the doctor filled out when this first came about.

I did make an appointment with a pdoc today. Darn it all though, the earliest he can see me is September 2nd. My insurance is cruddy and there are only three board certified pdocs in my area. there are others calling themselves pdocs-but are not board certified. Would you think that was a wise choice to take on of them instead if they could get me in sooner? One pdco (not board certified) turned out to be a phd, not an md. How can he be a pdoc then? He couldn't prescribe meds, could he?

Anyway, I felt pretty decent today. I think it is the Klonopin that kind of keeps me on an even keel. If I can feel like I did today, I can make it until September. I would prefer to see the one my regular doc recommended just becuase it bothers me to go to one that i know nothing about and don't know if they are quacks or not.

PHd is usually a psychologist not a psychiatrist. If nothing else they could asist your regular doctor with prescriptions.

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Originally Posted by djalomo

GAHHHHHH FML!!

I can't believe I forgot to follow up with my pdoc's office - they assured me it would get filled today. I was training my junior designer and work ended and I go to pick up my prescription and NOPE!! THe guy at the pharmacy said they'd already faxed it twice.

OMG I'm very thankful I'm not feeling absolutely HORRIBLE right now, but I can hear the ear ringing coming back and I'm starting to wanna just hole up and isolate.

I cannot believe they didn't fill it today.

I'm livid. I wish there were a manager I could complain to. lol. I would make a scene there but I'm sure everyone in the waiting room's been there done that so it would lose it's maximum comedic potential.

Call your Docs emergency line. Or your general doctor you Can NIT dteox from lamictal cold turkey. It is NOT safe. This place is a srewed up office and I would run to another. If you are feeling well and om meds sometimes a regular doc will continue to trat after the diagnosis is made and a medication routine established. I am NOT kidding DJ. Take off work tomorrow if you need to but Get Those Meds before you end up very very ill. However you have to do it.
I kind of suspect (and this is armchair) that your seizure you had while weaning from xanax or whatever it was might have been from trying to wean too fast. It is a very well known occurrence, and it could truly drive you into a BIG tailspin to not have that medication.

PLEASE don't try to go another day without the lamictal. There are several studies that show abrupt withdrawal can cause serious effects.

djalomo · 07-07-2009, 09:52 PM

CC - thank you for the information! I just called the emergency line and paged someone. Hopefully they call me back soon.

Houston Heather · 07-08-2009, 06:59 AM

You think they would be better about people who WANT to take their meds, huh?

I mean, we're making sacrifices and busting our butts to be normal, contributing members of society, and they're gonna penalize poor DJ and make her BEG?

UGH.

I might just take that Greyhound and visit your "P-doc"

CurveControl · 07-08-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by djalomo

CC - thank you for the information! I just called the emergency line and paged someone. Hopefully they call me back soon.

I ahve been worried abut you!

I am with Heather on the Greyhound thing, I mean, Wow, Sp many people just want to take their meds and be a little closer to normal~

I am really sorry If I came on too strong in my post last night DJ, That Dr just really ticked me off.

djalomo · 07-08-2009, 10:10 AM

I wound up getting two calls from the answering service asking me if the doc had called, and she never did. One of them said they think she's in the hospital with her husband. Which, I fully understand, but the other doctor in the practice that was supposed to be filling prescriptions should have done it. I feel asleep and then this morning at 6 the service called again to check and nope. I called the pdoc's office and they CLAIM to be doing prescriptions in the next half hour.

CC

thx - I don't think you came off strong at all! Thank you

i was started to get little "zaps" as i was falling asleep and i really really hope i can get the lamictal back in my body in the next few hours. i'm still feeling 'ok', i just hate that my progress has been delayed or set back. boo.

Houston Heather · 07-08-2009, 04:10 PM

I agreed with your post completely, Molly.

I hope you get your stuff today, but time to look for a new "doc".

djalomo · 07-08-2009, 04:34 PM

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh got the sweet sweet brain drugs in my system.

Am getting on the wait list tomorrow for a new doc. This situation was absolutley ridiculous.

CurveControl · 07-08-2009, 04:38 PM

glad to hear it!

faithgirl · 07-08-2009, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djalomo

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh got the sweet sweet brain drugs in my system.

Am getting on the wait list tomorrow for a new doc. This situation was absolutley ridiculous.

About stinkin' time! I'm glad you're going to try a new doc. This stuff is too important!

faithgirl · 07-08-2009, 06:13 PM

I got a call from my regular doc's office-they asked when my pdoc appointment is and I told them Sept. 2nd. She said my regular doc wanted to try and get me in as soon as possible and she is going to call the pdoc and see about getting an earlier appointment. I hope she can. I told you my regular doc was awesome!

On the job front-they have started retaliatiing for me taking the time off. I don't want to go into the specifics, but the bigger boss came by today and he loves me and asked how I was. Well I told him in no uncertain terms that I was NOT going to tolerate the crap from the regular boss and gave him some details. He told me to consider it taken care of.

I wish I could see the boss' face when the big boss tells him to knock his crap off!

I have to say the Cymbalta is kicking in. I have been somewhat 'up' the past couple of days and I needed it. When I am in this kind of mood I am fearless and if you mess with me I will tell you exactly how it is. If I hadn't been in this kind of mood, I might not have said anything to the big boss, you know? I also gave the regular boss some crap when he came by earlier in the day. I love doing that!

Anyway, it's nothing that i can't handle right now. Just enough courage to keep the jerks from walking all over me.

I do hope I can get in to the pdoc earlier though.

Houston Heather · 07-08-2009, 08:35 PM

CurveControl · 07-09-2009, 09:12 AM

I am so glad Faithgirl! Sounds like the tide has started to turn in your favor!

djalomo · 07-09-2009, 10:15 AM

Ooh. Faithgirl, I'm SO glad you're feeling better!

But DO watch out for this --

Quote:

When I am in this kind of mood I am fearless and if you mess with me I will tell you exactly how it is. If I hadn't been in this kind of mood, I might not have said anything to the big boss, you know?

I get this way too and it made me demand a 40% raise 2 years ago.

LOL. I got it but I could have EASILY been fired. It starts off ok but then I get to that "I'm so invincible" point and start making REALLY risky decisions on the wrong meds. Thank GAWD they've all worked to my favor. I'm generally kind of passive so have a *little* bit of it is good (like when I'm baseline, it's a good trait) but after a few weeks on the wrong med I get VERY adamant about getting my way.

You might stay at the level where it's good.

I hope so! It sounds like you're finally feeling better.

faithgirl · 07-09-2009, 05:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CurveControl

I am so glad Faithgirl! Sounds like the tide has started to turn in your favor!

Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by djalomo

Ooh. Faithgirl, I'm SO glad you're feeling better!

But DO watch out for this --

I get this way too and it made me demand a 40% raise 2 years ago.

LOL. I got it but I could have EASILY been fired. It starts off ok but then I get to that "I'm so invincible" point and start making REALLY risky decisions on the wrong meds. Thank GAWD they've all worked to my favor. I'm generally kind of passive so have a *little* bit of it is good (like when I'm baseline, it's a good trait) but after a few weeks on the wrong med I get VERY adamant about getting my way.

You might stay at the level where it's good.

I hope so! It sounds like you're finally feeling better.

40%? Dang!

I understand what you're saying though. I am becoming agressive, and I do need that to some degree to survive at work. They will tear me to pieces otherwise. That's part of the reason I fell apart in the first place. I am too passive otherwise. I hate confrontations and when things got bad, I panicked and fell apart. My place of employment is divided in two with each group being about 4 miles apart and I have been with the good group this week. Next week I am going back with the evils so I am going to have to be careful. It's only been a week that I have been on Cymbalta, so I know I haven't really peaked yet. Hopefully it won't get too bad.

Still haven't heard back form the doctor to see if I can get in with the pdoc earlier yet. Oh yeah, turns out the reason they called me last night was my sister had an appointment with the regular doc and he recognized the last name and actually thought she was me. My sister said no, that's Kathleen and he asked about the appointment and she told him when it was and that his staff had not called me like they were supposed to, so he got onto them about it. He thought it was ridiculous that the appointment was so far off. Hopefully he will follow up with his staff and make them call soon.

CurveControl · 07-11-2009, 12:25 PM

jeeze. I am up and down, and up and down. Not to big extremes, But more than I can call just baseline variation like normal people have.
I need to see the shrink. OR I am sick. I feel like this sometimes when I am sick. I am having sinus issues as well as still having to "Go Play Yahtzee" 4 or 5 times a day ever since my trip to Illinois. Need some Imodium.

faithgirl · 07-11-2009, 03:59 PM

Hope you get to feeling better Molly. Maybe you picked up a bug on your trip?

faithgirl · 07-11-2009, 04:00 PM

Found this on youtube and thought it was interesting. It's photos of people with bipolar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZnAG38CWZI

Houston Heather · 07-11-2009, 07:44 PM

Very, very good film.

I'm running a little manic today, I figured it was about time to cycle manic. Thank God! I got caught up on all the yardwork and even attacked my garden. A lot of it didn't survive the neglect, but a surprising amount did pretty well.

djalomo · 07-12-2009, 02:48 AM

I feel soooooooooooooooooo awesomely baseline!

I had a fab day today too - met a friend in Austin and went to an AWESOME exhibit at one of the art museums (seriously SO COOL, about the memory and forgetting and the way we remember and archive our thoughts -- Austin Museum of Art: Current Exhibition Lining of Forgetting 2009 ) and then had a fab dinner. I feel calm and normal again.

I hope this lasts.

I'd been having trouble sleeping and I've gone back and forth with Lunesta, but I'm back on the belief that I just CANNOT take it. It makes me seriously more depressed than usual and I feel a definite difference the next day in my coordination and thinking. I've been trying to weigh it against not sleeping at all and honestly I just think I need a better solution all together. Ambien and Lunesta are completely out - I liked Sonata but it wouldn't put me to actual sleep, but I felt the fewest side effects with that. I wonder if Sontata would work NOW that I'm feeling so even.

faithgirl · 07-12-2009, 04:34 AM

DJ-weren't you taking melatonin a while back? Did that stop working? I woke up a little before 3 am and am probably up for the night. When I took Cymbalta last year it gave me bad insomnia. During the week I have been taking Klonopin and that has helped a lot but I wanted to give it a rest on the week ends. I took one 'simply sleep' before bed tonight but it didn't do much. I know from past experience if I take another this late I will be sleepy all day tomorrow and probably take a nap and screw up my sleep for tomorrow night.

djalomo · 07-12-2009, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by faithgirl

DJ-weren't you taking melatonin a while back? Did that stop working? I woke up a little before 3 am and am probably up for the night. When I took Cymbalta last year it gave me bad insomnia. During the week I have been taking Klonopin and that has helped a lot but I wanted to give it a rest on the week ends. I took one 'simply sleep' before bed tonight but it didn't do much. I know from past experience if I take another this late I will be sleepy all day tomorrow and probably take a nap and screw up my sleep for tomorrow night.

Melatonin seemed to be working for me at a lower dose of Lamictal, but I'm having a harder time lately sleeping on the higher dose. It's different though from my insomnia on Pristiq - I felt very "up" and hypomanic when I was on it and my brain wouldn't stop spinning.

Right now on the Lamictal I feel normal and relaxed, no weird racing thoughts or anything, I just don't really feel sleepy. I took Xanax last night and slept GREAT -- actually, I probably slept wayyyy too long and that might be why I'm not tired. I seriously slept from maybe 9pm to noon today. I'd had a really really late night Thursday and misnunderestimated how much sleep I needed.

By Friday evening I was just sooo zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

You know I WILL say - I do think that on top of the bipo I believe I do have a general anxiety disorder. While I feel even and stable, my stomach itself feels a little "nervous" on Lamictal (it did on Pristiq too) and I can't really handle eating 3 times a day. But if I've taken Xanax the night before I seem to wanna not necessarily eat all day, but I can eat normal amounts of food and, actually, I don't hyper-calculate calories like I usually do.

faithgirl · 07-12-2009, 04:52 AM

I need to get some melatonin and give it a try. My doctor gave me some samples of Rozerem last year, but it never really put me to sleep and I was extremely drowsy the entire next day.

CurveControl · 07-12-2009, 06:36 AM

DJ, I forgot , do you take your Lam at night or morning? I do mornings or it wpold dfef keep me a wake. DD calls it my 'wake Up' pill.

djalomo · 07-12-2009, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CurveControl

DJ, I forgot , do you take your Lam at night or morning? I do mornings or it wpold dfef keep me a wake. DD calls it my 'wake Up' pill.

I take them in the morning.

They wake me up, too.

djalomo · 07-14-2009, 11:24 AM

So how's everyone doing?

CurveControl · 07-14-2009, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djalomo

So how's everyone doing?

today? Pretty

Actually I am better than I have been. I dunno what to tell the shrink. I am OK enough that I don't want to screw w/ my meds. Maybe try mixing up some sleep meds, But NOT my lamictal.

How are you???

djalomo · 07-14-2009, 02:10 PM

I'm ok - I'm at 100 mgs now and the first morning after I felt really good and stable. Was a little depressed the next day, but not horribly, horribly so. Today I seem pretty even.

Am curious about what 150 will feel like - I know that's whre people start seeing a real evening of moods.

CurveControl · 07-14-2009, 02:14 PM

150 is pretty common therapeutic dose I think. I have found that going over that makes me more depressed/mixed and is not a good idea. Maybe I went up too fast? If I am getting depressed upping it a little for a day or 2 seems to help but then it starts to make it not so good. I am gunna stick at 150s a while!

07-08-2009, 10:10 AM	#37
djalomo Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 19,182 Gallery: djalomo Stats: 132/ losing :) /110 WOE: Atkins Start Date: August 2004	I wound up getting two calls from the answering service asking me if the doc had called, and she never did. One of them said they think she's in the hospital with her husband. Which, I fully understand, but the other doctor in the practice that was supposed to be filling prescriptions should have done it. I feel asleep and then this morning at 6 the service called again to check and nope. I called the pdoc's office and they CLAIM to be doing prescriptions in the next half hour. CC thx - I don't think you came off strong at all! Thank you i was started to get little "zaps" as i was falling asleep and i really really hope i can get the lamictal back in my body in the next few hours. i'm still feeling 'ok', i just hate that my progress has been delayed or set back. boo. __________________ “The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive." — Pearl S. Buck ===== "Your profile pic looks like youre calling for room service only to find that theyve ran out of caviar and now you cant decide whether to kill him or kiss him." ===== “I’m going to go as a journalist for Halloween. All I need for my costume is an empty bottle of vodka and my shattered dreams.” Last edited by djalomo; 07-08-2009 at 10:11 AM..

07-08-2009, 06:13 PM	#42
faithgirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ca Posts: 4,627 Gallery: faithgirl WOE: dunno	I got a call from my regular doc's office-they asked when my pdoc appointment is and I told them Sept. 2nd. She said my regular doc wanted to try and get me in as soon as possible and she is going to call the pdoc and see about getting an earlier appointment. I hope she can. I told you my regular doc was awesome! On the job front-they have started retaliatiing for me taking the time off. I don't want to go into the specifics, but the bigger boss came by today and he loves me and asked how I was. Well I told him in no uncertain terms that I was NOT going to tolerate the crap from the regular boss and gave him some details. He told me to consider it taken care of. I wish I could see the boss' face when the big boss tells him to knock his crap off! I have to say the Cymbalta is kicking in. I have been somewhat 'up' the past couple of days and I needed it. When I am in this kind of mood I am fearless and if you mess with me I will tell you exactly how it is. If I hadn't been in this kind of mood, I might not have said anything to the big boss, you know? I also gave the regular boss some crap when he came by earlier in the day. I love doing that! Anyway, it's nothing that i can't handle right now. Just enough courage to keep the jerks from walking all over me. I do hope I can get in to the pdoc earlier though. __________________ Kathleen

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07-07-2009, 06:30 PM	#31
faithgirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ca Posts: 4,627 Gallery: faithgirl WOE: dunno	That's just crazy DJ! Ya know, these people deal with people with MI all day long. You would think they would take special care to get things right and not set anyone off. Just sayin'... Seriosuly though, this stuff is too important to deal with these clods any longer than you have to. I hope this gets straightened out really, really quickly.

07-07-2009, 09:52 PM	#34
djalomo Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 19,182 Gallery: djalomo Stats: 132/ losing :) /110 WOE: Atkins Start Date: August 2004	CC - thank you for the information! I just called the emergency line and paged someone. Hopefully they call me back soon.

07-08-2009, 06:59 AM	#35
Houston Heather Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 8,921 Gallery: Houston Heather Stats: 228/169/160 Waist: 42/31/31 WOE: Atkins 2002 Ongoing Weight Loss/pre maintenance Start Date: Feb 26, 2008 (second and last time)	You think they would be better about people who WANT to take their meds, huh? I mean, we're making sacrifices and busting our butts to be normal, contributing members of society, and they're gonna penalize poor DJ and make her BEG? UGH. I might just take that Greyhound and visit your "P-doc"

07-08-2009, 04:10 PM	#38
Houston Heather Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 8,921 Gallery: Houston Heather Stats: 228/169/160 Waist: 42/31/31 WOE: Atkins 2002 Ongoing Weight Loss/pre maintenance Start Date: Feb 26, 2008 (second and last time)	I agreed with your post completely, Molly. I hope you get your stuff today, but time to look for a new "doc".

07-08-2009, 04:34 PM	#39
djalomo Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 19,182 Gallery: djalomo Stats: 132/ losing :) /110 WOE: Atkins Start Date: August 2004	Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh got the sweet sweet brain drugs in my system. Am getting on the wait list tomorrow for a new doc. This situation was absolutley ridiculous.

07-08-2009, 04:38 PM	#40
CurveControl Formerlychubchick Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 55,664 Gallery: CurveControl Stats: 200/ 182.0/173.5 /135 WOE: moderate carb, 30-60 grams Start Date: 3/25/08 sigh	glad to hear it!

07-08-2009, 08:35 PM	#43
Houston Heather Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 8,921 Gallery: Houston Heather Stats: 228/169/160 Waist: 42/31/31 WOE: Atkins 2002 Ongoing Weight Loss/pre maintenance Start Date: Feb 26, 2008 (second and last time)

07-09-2009, 09:12 AM	#44
CurveControl Formerlychubchick Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 55,664 Gallery: CurveControl Stats: 200/ 182.0/173.5 /135 WOE: moderate carb, 30-60 grams Start Date: 3/25/08 sigh	I am so glad Faithgirl! Sounds like the tide has started to turn in your favor!

07-11-2009, 12:25 PM	#47
CurveControl Formerlychubchick Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 55,664 Gallery: CurveControl Stats: 200/ 182.0/173.5 /135 WOE: moderate carb, 30-60 grams Start Date: 3/25/08 sigh	jeeze. I am up and down, and up and down. Not to big extremes, But more than I can call just baseline variation like normal people have. I need to see the shrink. OR I am sick. I feel like this sometimes when I am sick. I am having sinus issues as well as still having to "Go Play Yahtzee" 4 or 5 times a day ever since my trip to Illinois. Need some Imodium.

07-11-2009, 03:59 PM	#48
faithgirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ca Posts: 4,627 Gallery: faithgirl WOE: dunno	Hope you get to feeling better Molly. Maybe you picked up a bug on your trip?

07-11-2009, 07:44 PM	#50
Houston Heather Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 8,921 Gallery: Houston Heather Stats: 228/169/160 Waist: 42/31/31 WOE: Atkins 2002 Ongoing Weight Loss/pre maintenance Start Date: Feb 26, 2008 (second and last time)	Very, very good film. I'm running a little manic today, I figured it was about time to cycle manic. Thank God! I got caught up on all the yardwork and even attacked my garden. A lot of it didn't survive the neglect, but a surprising amount did pretty well.

07-12-2009, 02:48 AM	#51
djalomo Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 19,182 Gallery: djalomo Stats: 132/ losing :) /110 WOE: Atkins Start Date: August 2004	I feel soooooooooooooooooo awesomely baseline! I had a fab day today too - met a friend in Austin and went to an AWESOME exhibit at one of the art museums (seriously SO COOL, about the memory and forgetting and the way we remember and archive our thoughts -- Austin Museum of Art: Current Exhibition Lining of Forgetting 2009 ) and then had a fab dinner. I feel calm and normal again. I hope this lasts. I'd been having trouble sleeping and I've gone back and forth with Lunesta, but I'm back on the belief that I just CANNOT take it. It makes me seriously more depressed than usual and I feel a definite difference the next day in my coordination and thinking. I've been trying to weigh it against not sleeping at all and honestly I just think I need a better solution all together. Ambien and Lunesta are completely out - I liked Sonata but it wouldn't put me to actual sleep, but I felt the fewest side effects with that. I wonder if Sontata would work NOW that I'm feeling so even.

07-12-2009, 04:34 AM	#52
faithgirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ca Posts: 4,627 Gallery: faithgirl WOE: dunno	DJ-weren't you taking melatonin a while back? Did that stop working? I woke up a little before 3 am and am probably up for the night. When I took Cymbalta last year it gave me bad insomnia. During the week I have been taking Klonopin and that has helped a lot but I wanted to give it a rest on the week ends. I took one 'simply sleep' before bed tonight but it didn't do much. I know from past experience if I take another this late I will be sleepy all day tomorrow and probably take a nap and screw up my sleep for tomorrow night.

07-12-2009, 04:52 AM	#54
faithgirl Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: ca Posts: 4,627 Gallery: faithgirl WOE: dunno	I need to get some melatonin and give it a try. My doctor gave me some samples of Rozerem last year, but it never really put me to sleep and I was extremely drowsy the entire next day.

07-12-2009, 06:36 AM	#55
CurveControl Formerlychubchick Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 55,664 Gallery: CurveControl Stats: 200/ 182.0/173.5 /135 WOE: moderate carb, 30-60 grams Start Date: 3/25/08 sigh	DJ, I forgot , do you take your Lam at night or morning? I do mornings or it wpold dfef keep me a wake. DD calls it my 'wake Up' pill.

07-14-2009, 11:24 AM	#57
djalomo Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 19,182 Gallery: djalomo Stats: 132/ losing :) /110 WOE: Atkins Start Date: August 2004	So how's everyone doing?

07-14-2009, 02:10 PM	#59
djalomo Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 19,182 Gallery: djalomo Stats: 132/ losing :) /110 WOE: Atkins Start Date: August 2004	I'm ok - I'm at 100 mgs now and the first morning after I felt really good and stable. Was a little depressed the next day, but not horribly, horribly so. Today I seem pretty even. Am curious about what 150 will feel like - I know that's whre people start seeing a real evening of moods.

07-14-2009, 02:14 PM	#60
CurveControl Formerlychubchick Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 55,664 Gallery: CurveControl Stats: 200/ 182.0/173.5 /135 WOE: moderate carb, 30-60 grams Start Date: 3/25/08 sigh	150 is pretty common therapeutic dose I think. I have found that going over that makes me more depressed/mixed and is not a good idea. Maybe I went up too fast? If I am getting depressed upping it a little for a day or 2 seems to help but then it starts to make it not so good. I am gunna stick at 150s a while!