Hi All,
Have been having a pretty strange time lately - but all seems to be getting slowly better (touch wood). I have not had a drink since Sunday last week and did not experience a single withdrawal symptom in hospital and I don't feel like a drink either, more to the point (oh and gave up smoking too - been 2 weeks - too hard to smoke in hospital so hot the patches). However, while i was in hospital I got quite manic (bipolar) - and then some interesting things happened.
Well, seems like i've been on the wrong meds for quite some time - far too much antidepressant, not enough mood stabiliser, and that's the root cause of all this high anxiety and drinking too much, missing work etc etc.
I have now been put on a new drug regime and it's quite excruciating coming off the old ones so fast..but I guess it's all for the best.
Am starting to come out the other side now and feeling a little less fragile, but have a long way to go, and probably a lot of medication tweaking to endure.
At least we now have a definite diagnosis,and also know that the bipolar is rapid cycling - many moods have i! (a Gemini in all things
)
I just thought i'd check in and say hi - and thankyou especially to my guardian angel in NSW...you are a sweetheart (u know who you are and I will call you as soon as i'm not so stressed and my vocal cords are behaving themselves - very tight and hard to speak at the moment.)
Keep your fingers crossed for me - there may be a new life ahead after years of incredible ups and downs.
Thanks to all of you who have helped me through this difficult period.
Lots of Love
Cashy
xxxxxxx
Have been having a pretty strange time lately - but all seems to be getting slowly better (touch wood). I have not had a drink since Sunday last week and did not experience a single withdrawal symptom in hospital and I don't feel like a drink either, more to the point (oh and gave up smoking too - been 2 weeks - too hard to smoke in hospital so hot the patches). However, while i was in hospital I got quite manic (bipolar) - and then some interesting things happened.
Well, seems like i've been on the wrong meds for quite some time - far too much antidepressant, not enough mood stabiliser, and that's the root cause of all this high anxiety and drinking too much, missing work etc etc.
I have now been put on a new drug regime and it's quite excruciating coming off the old ones so fast..but I guess it's all for the best.
Am starting to come out the other side now and feeling a little less fragile, but have a long way to go, and probably a lot of medication tweaking to endure.
At least we now have a definite diagnosis,and also know that the bipolar is rapid cycling - many moods have i! (a Gemini in all things
)I just thought i'd check in and say hi - and thankyou especially to my guardian angel in NSW...you are a sweetheart (u know who you are and I will call you as soon as i'm not so stressed and my vocal cords are behaving themselves - very tight and hard to speak at the moment.)
Keep your fingers crossed for me - there may be a new life ahead after years of incredible ups and downs.
Thanks to all of you who have helped me through this difficult period.
Lots of Love
Cashy
xxxxxxx
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