please help me....i am so scared?

Question

up until 2 yrs ago i drove, ad a job, kept a clean house, and now i am a wreck. last year i had my daughter with many complications and after that my mind raced. i went to my doc and he diagnosed me with bipolar and prescribed ativan, effexor, and lithium. i have been on all of these fr a year omitting the ativan for xanax and i dont feel better. i sleep all the time, i have no motivation for anything. i ove my children but we dont spend as much time together. i dont drive anymore and have panic attacks when left alone. i am scared, i dont correctly and i want to know why the drugs arent working. please help me someone.

Answer 1

i hope for your sake you can find here what you haven't been able to find with a doctor. if you don't, please dont be disappointed. if you can, you need to understand that we're all human. we all suffer from what it means to be human. it's tough as ****. the people who don't see that are lucky to wallow in their ignorance. other people feel it all and take up the slack for the ones who don't feel anything, the ones who worry about their clothing choice that day rather than whether they'll almost freak out of their skin in public that day and feel so sad and not know why. drugs are an answer but not the best one. you are the answer to your problem. you need to be the best person you can be. get up out of bed even if you dont want to and do it. if you keep telling yourself you believe something you will eventually believe it, just as if you continue to keep up with your life it will keep up with you. spend as much possible time with your children as you can. stop pitying yourself and find other things to project your negative emotions on, like the war or public issues. the doctors diagnosis is NOT the end for you. it's an internal battle for you to fight. every day you need to be strong and fight back. you must start to believe you can beat it and do what you need to to beat it. if you can afford it, seek out a therapist. dont expect resolution from them, just hope for it. everyone experiences a rut, some worse than others, but its your own job and for those closest around you to drag you through it and up and out. make friends, call old ones, love your children, get a job, keep up with chores and it will all improve your attitude. i get scared too, but this is life.

Answer 2

Hmm... never mind about what your daughter did. It's the past and you can't do anything about it! (unless you have a time machine ,of course!) If you don't feel better even with the medicines, stop taking them. Tell your doctor that and ask if there are other medicines you can take. If there are none, never mind medicines. Pray to God and ask Him to help you. To prevent yourself from sleeping all the time, do something you enjoy and make your children your motivation. Do things so that they'll be proud to tell their friends you're their parent! If you want to spend time with your children, call them and arrange for a family reunion or for a visit. It doesn't matter whether you drive or not. Lots of people can't drive and their ok! Besides, if you sleep all the time, obviously, you can't drive!!! Maybe you should live with your child/ren to prevent being alone, or if you can afford, hire a caretaker to keep you company. Sometimes, drugs don't work on you either because the drugs are stupid and don't work on anyone or they only work on some people. Don't be depressed! Everything's going to be fine if you trust God!

Answer 3

I have two close friends who are bi-polar and bless you as it is a very painful affliction. However, you should never omit prescribed medication. Your medication has to be adjusted from time to time. That fact that you don't feel any better shows that you need adjustment. See your doctor ASAP. You may need to add medicine for your panic attacks. Unfortunately, this will be a lifelong battle for you. But you can lead a good life with proper medication. I suggest therapy too. All the best to you. I wish I could do more.

Answer 4

of direction you're justified feeling the form you do yet quite please attempt to concentration on your self day after day. being pregnant is a protracted 9 months and each and all the tesiting they do continually have been given me demanding too. I even have been pregnant 4 circumstances and that i think of I have been given greater scared with each and each being pregnant yet each thing replaced into continually ok even while some thing did no longer seem particularly perfect to the Dr. They take yet another seem and issues might continually be nice. I had sore boobs and constipation and irritable bowel and issues that would not bypass away and much greater...alll conventional being pregnant issues yet a protracted 9 months. you would be nice. and that i will say a prayer for you and toddler.

Answer 5

Well, you could be taking the wrong drugs for you. Sometime they don't work for some people but work for others... ask your doc to give you new pills because these are not working... or you may need a stronger pill.

Me and my mother having had these problems with finding the right pills for us.


Ps. It also could be your doc sometimes you get the wrong doc...(I'm not trying he/she isthe wrong one tho.

I hope you feel better soon, or at least find something to help you better.

Answer 6

Wow, I am so sorry. I really can't say. All I can say is that I feel you on panic attacks because I get them a lot and they're one of the worst experience one could ever have. It's like if you're dying/getting a heart attack. I hope everything turns out well. Trust God and please do not get addicted to those pills. I hate them.

Answer 7

Get a second opinion. Try nettle tea for panic attacks and learn the breathing technique at http://www.deepsloweasy.com/html/intro.htm (/intro.htm) and see http://www.anxietypanic.com/signs.html For bipolar disorder, see http://www.mdf.org.uk/?0=1795 and http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bipolar and http://www.mentalhealth.com/book/p40-ma01.html (-ma01.html) Take all medications prescribed as directed, sometimes they can take up to 5 weeks to be fully effective. Exercise daily for 30 - 60 mins, even if tired; you will benefit from it! Eat healthily; your brain needs proper nutrition to function properly. Take up Tai Chi and meditation. Keep occupied. Don't sleep during the day!!!

Answer 8

Maybe some therapy in addition to meds. Also if you feel the doctor your seeing isn't helping go to another one. For therapy and meds to work one also has to have good comunication with ones doctors. Also try going out for walks listening to music you like taking the kids out. Sometimes one feels down and not motivated for anything but once one is dressed and out you find you start to feel better. Take it in baby steps. treat yourself to things that make you happy.

Answer 9

my step-mom was and is bipolar and yes it is nasty but you have to belive that the drugs work they have been tested and proven to work youneed to belive your dough is what is stopping progress dammit they work let them pull your self out of the hole that you have dug and live you are a better person than that dont let it beat you stand tall you are in control of you nothing else is live your life the way you want to not the way something else does power of the mind write it down on the mirror in the bath room when you dought it go read it

Answer 10

Easy solution, stop, and relax, force yourself to relax. Stop depending on the drugs to be your solution, just rely on your body to take care of itself. Also it may help to just do what you feel is right, stop listening to what people are trying to tell you, it makes it worse by listening to them.

When the time is right you'll realize the people telling you things are really no better off then you are, and you'll be able to move on. Just really all you need to do is take time for thoughts, and relaxation, try to have calm times during the day, where you can sit still, and just let your ming wander or daydream.

Stop worrying that you're not a perfect mom and person and make time for yourself. Now just do this and you will never need those medications to help you through your day. Take deep breaths, and stretch as frequently as possbile, and rest.