Bipolar Type II Support Group

I told him that nothing made me happy anymore. Even things I used to enjoy don't provide me with any happiness. He said there's a name for that but I can't for life of me remember what it is. I think it starts with an a. He upped my Trileptal. Fingers crossed that it helps.

Tracey

I sure hope the upped dosage works for you!!

I hope the upped dosage works for you too. It is so frustrating to feel like that. It makes you feel helpless. Best of luck to you.

Thank you

anhedonia...that's what it's called.

Tracey

Post edited by: mixma, at: 03/03/2011 02:14 PM

anhedonia! I never knew there was a name for it...I felt this way for almost a year! Gradually worsening. I kept trying different things from one of my hobbies to the next. Even trying new things. Only to either be intimidated by them, or leave things 1/2 finished. Sometimes because things went wrong and I felt deflated and sometimes, cause I just didn't care about it at all and had been forcing myself. There was nothing at all...well, t.v. suddenly appealed to me, and ice cream made a reappearance, along with beer for awhile (not together...well sometimes. It made me feel awful. I had no outlet, that's what my hobbies were to me. I was stay at home mom with no social life at all. So that only made things worse. Made me feel frustrated. It was like I felt like I was failing at things. They were only things I was making up to do, not really important. But tell that to my Bipolar, anxiety ridden, majorly depressed mind! So I was drinking, eating and watching the telly. I don't miss those days. I am sorry for you. I can't really offer any advice, because for me it was needing meds. Which I knew and just didn't want to do. So hopefully the upped dose will work for you. If not maybe trying something different. Maybe your body is used to this one, my pdoc says that happens and sometimes we need to find something new. Good luck and keep up informed, will you?

Jamie

My biggest problem is that I feel like I've exhausted most of the available meds. I've tried sooo many that haven't worked. The combination I'm on has worked well until recently. I'm afraid I might be med resistant. I'll definitely keep you informed.

Tracey

I'm sorry you have to go through this. <<<HUGS>>> Keep us posted.

Keep us updated! I'm glad you got a pdoc appointment and I hope you feel better very soon.

I have the same problem with meds so we started to recycle and now Abilify seems to work and it didn't before. We got lucky.

Good luck with your med change I hope it works.