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01/17/2008 04:33 AM
sleeplessnites
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Does anyone else suffer from physical pains or symptoms related to Bipolar?

I have been still struggling with sleeping, more so here in the past 3 days and I know that will physically take a toll after a while however, when I was sleeping well over the past 6 weeks I have just been feeling terrible. Nausea (moderate to severe), lightheadedness, sore muscles, and very mild but persistent headaches. I have been to the doctor (family) and they ran all of the bloodwork. Initially she thought I might be pregnant, but everything came back normal including my diabetes which has been in really good controll as of recent.

The next logical conclusion I can come up with is maybe this could be related to the Bipolar or more specifically, the depression part of Bipolar. My pshychiatrist recently upped my Lamictal dosage to 200, but this started way before that. Anyone else suffer from these symptoms? I'm just wanting to feel better already. Sick

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01/17/2008 08:59 AM  Top
carmen33
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Hey Sleepless, pain is a side affect of the depression, how long ago did your doctor up your meds? I was feeling extreme pain before I got the medication and diagnosis, to the point I could not move without crying.. now I don't have any of that.
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