My wife is bi-polar. Here are ALL her meds. She is on 600 mg lithium 2x daily, luvox 200mg at night, klonopin 1 mg at night, depakote 500 mg 2x daily for myoclonus(has CP), and efffexor xr 150 mg in morning. Her current problems are she is up all night unitl 4-5 am and then sleeps all morning and part of afternoon. She eats once a day..usually cereal. Drinks up to 18 juices a day. Says she loves me and wantsme, but has lesbian cybersex at night even after we have sex, and a lesbian lover beyond that. She has psychotic detachements of staring, mumbling and talking to her dead mother that lasts for 10 -20 minutes. After which she has no memory of it. She has had her labs and her lithium is 0.7 and depakote is also at ok levels. Dr says her meds are working, and I say they are not because of her symptoms. The dr says that my wife is doing this on purpose. I think the dr is all wrong and she needs something. We live in Hawaii and there are not any dr taking new patiants.
2007-02-19 16:37:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Well, she seems to lose touch with reality pretty frequently, so I would say that that's a strong indication of mania. I would ask your doctor why he/she thinks that your wife is doing it on purpose, and ask why he/she thinks that the medications are effective.
2007-02-20 02:59:16 · answer #1 · answered by citizen insane 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hard to tell for sure, but i'd also suspect that your wife was exaggerating some of her symptoms for secondary gain. she knows you'll let her get away with more stuff if you think she's crazy.
2007-02-20 14:32:35 · answer #2 · answered by belfus 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋