<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">In the space of six weeks I had different doctors say I had: Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Borderline, Atypical depression, and Schizoaffective disorder, so please take your pick, if you will. And they all agreed on EDNOS. (Now OSFED, I believe)<div><br></div><div>I take 100mg Lamotrogine, (150 in the fall/winter). The only side effect that really bothers me is my now ultra-sensative skin. Ex. If I was my hands more than a few times a day (I work in a restaurant) then my skin starts falling off. Other than that I’m just a normal person. And that’s an okay price to pay for being not-crazy. </div><div><br></div><div>In the past I’ve tried Welbutrin, Seroquel, Depakote, Lithium, and a few other things besides which I don’t remember the names of. The cost of messing with something that works is much too high. <br><br><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 28, 2021, at 7:10 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Thanks for sharing. If I may ask, what is the medicine and what is/are the diagnoses? It sounds as if you might benefit from a change of medicine or dosage, what with all those side effects. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 6:04 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I have been diagnosed with multiple conflicting things by multiple different professionals who examined me within days of each other. <br>
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When I take my medicine, I am a normal person. I can be irritated, or happy, or lazy, or work hard. I can let things go. <br>
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Without my medicine I am angry over the tiniest things for days, sleep odd hours, up for 3-4 days at a time, then sleep 16+ hours per day for a weeks on end. I can’t shower, brush my hair, feed myself. I get impulsive and have all kinds of personal issues. I once even fled the country. <br>
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It’s insane how 100mg/day can completely change someone’s life. <br>
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But I’ve also had to accept that my medicine makes me “stupid”. I can’t hyperfocus for days. I can’t think as quickly. I don’t free associate nearly as fluidly. <br>
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I don’t think my IQ has been much of a benefit in relation to my mental health struggles. It’s actively created a lot of situations where people guilt, shame, or blame me for my struggles, when in a way, if I do not have my medicine, I really can’t do much about it. <br>
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SR Ballard<br>
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