Experiences with Bipolar disorder

Life on a daily basis is purely black and white and not a colourful break to break the bleakness of bipolar disorder and the over whelming feeling of impending doom is only a heartbeat away,I'm 59 and first episode began as a 8 year child, and in some respects it was and still is an extremely taboo subject.
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I use 7.5 ZOPICLONE
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Lots and lots of sexual side effects (not able to climax, no libido) and ultimately the switch for hypomania.
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I was offered this to help keep me calm. The retard version helped me to sleep better, took it at 9pm, but it also meant I was really groggy the next day. That's why I switched to the short-action version which lasts for 7 hours.
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because of severe depression with delusions, the psychologist gave me paroxetine. back then we didn't know I was bipolar. it helped really well and quickly with the depression but there were lots of side effects like weight gain and sleepiness. if you are depressed you don't mind these side effects because there is nothing worse than being depressed. but it stopped working after 6 years. at tha...
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started on venlafaxine for deep depression. I'd stopped sleeping. in the first week I started sleeping normally again. it only worked for the depression after about 7 weeks. so be patient. now and then I still get episodes of hypomania but that's controlled with oxazepam. really happy with this medicine. I used paroxetine first but it made the hypomania much worse.
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At the age of 38 I discovered I had a type 2 bipolar disorder. For that reason, I've been takin 20 mg spiralexa for 3.5 years. I have still had lots of manic episodes and severe depression. Last year in May I started on Lambipol, up to 200 mg. Unfortunately I was just not coming out of my depressive episode and I was only sleeping 2 hours a night. I've recently started on quetiapine, the generi...
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I've been using priadel since September last year. It has had a noticeable effect on my mood and depressive phases are now almost non-existent. But I do struggle with the side effects. Since I started taking it, I've put on over 10 kg even though my eating habits haven't changed at all, on top of that I have shaking hands, I'm sometimes unsteady on my feet, tired, breathlessness, no sexual urge...
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Following serious treatment with Depakine (and denial of the diagnosis) I opted to use lithium (Priadel). I was concerned that I would suffer the side-effects when I was exercising and therefore sweating. But my therapist set my mind at rest. As well as medication, I have also adjusted my work commitments and learned to recognise the signals that my body is close to its limits. After starting, ...
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