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04/13/2008 17:21
klmimi
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 hello i was diagnosed this past dec with bipolar with rapid cycling/i'm finding hard to figure out meds/ and triggers/ cause it changers so rapidly...my moods change throughout week several times/ just wanted to see if u had any input on this since your wife was a rapid cycler! thanks...just trying to learn as much as possible!!
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04/13/2008 19:45
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 Klmimi, tell your doctor everything that is happening with you, ASAP. Use a journal to take notes and show the doctor. There are medication combinations out there that can help with the rapid cycling. My wife has even ultra rapid cycled and mixed. She has gone from one state at one end of the spectrum to another state at the other end of the spectrum every few miniutes. Took her 7 years of trial and error to find the right cocktail. She is on a good med regiment now with regular tweaks, she has been stable for approx a year now. Just recently she began cycling again, every few days and the doc made another adjustment. Waiting to see the outcome.

Keep us updated on how you are doing.

GOD BLESS

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04/13/2008 21:27
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 thanks my counselor as advised me to start journaling so thanks for re irrating the importance of that...
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04/14/2008 11:32
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 Hi Kimimi,

I have bipolar 1 with ultra rapid cycling. I can cycle in one day.

I have been on meds for a year. I also agree that journaling, and taking a daily journal of how you feel, and your moods helps. That will show your moods. I watch my moods through the day or week, and try to see what, I react to the most. This helps me with knowing when, I need a med adjustment, too. If the weather is a trigger, I can add something to help me through the winter. I was going through a really rough time this last year and I was able to have my pdoc help me through that. If my meds arent working, I can get an increase. Therapy really helps, too. I just had my meds increased. I was still cycling on the dose I was on.

Are you on meds? have you been to the pdoc?

God Bless,Gypsy
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04/14/2008 13:04
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 I hope you find your answer. Just want to tell you that I am happy that you are trying. My girlfriend refuses to admit anything wrong, and will never have a chance at a normal relationship.

I wish the best for you.
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04/14/2008 14:37
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 Hello, I cycle rapily as well. Keeping a journal absolutly helps. Sometimes when I am having problems it is hard for me to collcet my thought cause there are too many. I can just take my journal in and show my doc how I was feeling and he knows better how to help me and sees that my life is affected durring this. Made a big difference when adjusting meds in the past. I have been off meds and am about to start again. I will absolutely be keeping a meds journal again. Good luck, it wiil get easier. This group is amazing and the more you learn the better you will understand what to do. Hugs hun
"I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it." Marilyn Monroe
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04/14/2008 14:42
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 yeah my meds are topramax efflor trazdone! and i go back to the pdr on april 23! so i am going to talk to him about it && i go to theraphy once a week! But all of this is still very new to me..i was just diagnosed in dec! and not sure my meds are quite adjusted yet just when i think i am start to feel better i either start to feel really down or a little manic and i cant sleep at all much these days!!
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04/14/2008 14:47
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 The sleep is probably what is affecting your cycling, it does me. If you are having problems see if you can get an earlier appoinment. See if they will fit you in where there is a cancellation. If you continue to have problems and can't geet an appointment then call the doc and see if he can call in an adjustment or recommend something to help you sleep. I would go to the hospital if things get really bad. Take care of you.
"I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it." Marilyn Monroe
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04/14/2008 14:52
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 you know that makes sense thanks alot i am so glad this site is here/everyone seems so helpful!!
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