Bipolar Support Group

i just recently started geodon and concerta, i was on ritalin for about a week but it wasnt working out so good so i switched to concerta.

How're they working for you? I hope they're helping that's for sure!

*HUG*HUG*HUG*

Apparently I'm the resident snuggler and crack up from what I've been hearing.

the meds seem to be working ok right now, the most were worried about is geodon and weight gain (but so far concerta has kept me from eating lol) but when i started geodon about 6 days ago, i immediately noticed a change in mood and i was much more happy. but it was a weird happy, it was mania. so im experiencing mania with geodon. but the rest of my meds are ok.

thanks for asking! talk to ya soon!

A lot of people have recommended keeping journals and tracking. I'm not one for journals. I try but I suck chunks at it. I seriously have the attention span of a bar fly. If you can do it, do it. Don't do the patented CydneyMentalNotes... they have a tendency to slip through the cracks.

yea same thing happened to me - trileptal and abilify made me gain weight even if i didnt eat anything. i took topamax for like...almost a year when i realized that i was gradually and slowly gaining weight, besides the dosage i was on wasnt worth two craps. he had me on almost 200mg of it - 6 capsules in the morning and 7 at night, then he switched it to 7 in the morning and 6 at night and THEN he switched it to 8 in the morning and 7 at night..it was just insane.

ive been on some pretty weird combinations but ya know, mood disorders are just one of those things. so...what are you on? if you dont mind me asking. and how is it working?

Seems U have a lot going on, but I can tell this im a wee bit older

and does get easier with time...

But i know what ur saying about the Geodon. I didn't feel hungry but I felt a little strange and almost outta my body.

So I would def talk to ur dr about ur concerns!

As for the concerta def a fan!

Dosen't make u feel like ur coming down when it wears off

Anyway, U have a freind in me & everyone else here

i am going back to my dr next wk for an update so i will definitely mention that i joined a forum as well.

although i recently noticed sinus infection-like symptoms from the geodon. i think i can deal with those as long as i dont get bronchitis or anything.

Post edited by: ringu217, at: 07/30/2008 14:48

But seriousily, if u can try and switch(not STOP) the Geodon!!

Your to young and to pretty to be having side effects like that

Did u try Lamictal or Tegretal both were great! But I developed

that RASH!!

Anyway, keep me posted

I have no idea what I'm on, I can't pronouse it. It's some big long name, at least as far as the anti depressants. I need the doc to raise them... it's a minor dose compared to what you take, about 60 I think, but I keep thinking I need 80. I really don't think I should be having the major swings and moods that last for days, and then she put me on Zyprexa (that I CAN spell) to deal with my panic attacks.

I'd never actually known what the hell they were before about oh... 6 months ago when I had my last HUGE breakdown and told her about them.

Then I slapped my forehead and went OH!

It's amazing how you can just deal with something and never mention it if you don't know any better. I've been having these all my life.

Idiot me.