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Im trying quetiapina after using lamotrigina eith lithium for 8 months but with a little constant hipomania. Tho going through a rough period of my life, I’m emigrating from Brazil to Portugal after being invited to a company. This is Huge for me, I’m from a very poor tobacco farmers, my father got only the sixth grade and my mom, a German descendant did not even spoke Portuguese until her first grade and left after fourth because she had no access to a school. So I got an amazing success in my career in IT but I also feel alone in my path cause no one from my family even understand wtf I’m doing.
Now, going to another country I have some panic attacks knowing that maybe a burocrat can fuck me in the process and deny my vista. Also I will bring my tree cats together in a 10 hours trip and I have to convince myself that this will be better than let them with another person, and also pray that I don’t do any shit with their documentation cause Brazil didn’t eradicated rabis so the protocols are a little complex and very expensive.
So, after all this I asked for help, to try something different, started last week with quetiapina but the thing put me in somnolence mode all day and gave me the strongest hypomania i had in months, I even tried to raise the dose by myself in despair, asked my doc again, last Friday, she says to wait 2 or 3 weeks cause the somnolence will get better, I’m not sure, I saw some doctors in the internet saying to use 400mg for hypomania and I’m using 200mg. The somnolence is getting a little better, I’m not great right now but better than last week.
Oh wow, you are going through a lot! I know stress can really set off episodes for me, so I can’t even imagine what your brain chemistry might be doing right now. It’s good to hear it’s getting a bit better, maybe the meds will do their job and bring the hypomania down.
It’s so hard to leave things behind and start a new life somewhere else. I immigrated from Russia to US when I was 18, and while the circumstances were different, I can relate to the panic of going through a big transition with lots of moving parts. The visa part is scary, you just have to do your best and accept whatever decision is given. It sucks. When will you hear about your visa?
If I may say so, I think you are making the right decision to bring your cats. I know the journey will be stressful for you and for them, but I am sure they would much rather be with you than with some other human. You are a great owner for going through this trouble to bring them with you.
I want to wish you and your kitties the bestest of luck with everything. Don’t be a stranger, please come back next week and give us an update, if you feel like it!
Thanks, and thanks for you effor to keep this community alive. I will probably send all my docs this week and the average answer is 2 months, I believe I will receive the aswer in January.
Got it, and thank you. It’s nice to have a community, and I really appreciate you posting here. Just remember to breathe and do what you’re already doing - your best. You’ve got this!
I don’t have much to complain about as I was able to take most of the week off and made some nice plans, but I am noticing the seasonal depression rearing its head, and I hate it. My meds work well enough to keep severe depression at bay, thankfully, but I definitely drop in mood and energy levels this time of year.
So I’m basically sitting here right now, wearing a hoodie blanket, with a mood lamp blasting in my face, drinking coffee and water, trying to “wake up” and “feel alive.”
By this time of year you believe is the winter or the end of the year? I’m in the south hemisphere and this winter I had a big crisis after 2 weeks rain uninterrupted. Also take it easy with coffee, it can trigger insomnia and hypomania, and should sleep the best you can.
My post was definitely US-centric in terms of it being winter and less sunlight, but I am also including the holiday season since that can be a triggering time for folks. Sounds like the rain was awful for you, I’m sorry to hear that. Are you feeling better now?
You’re right about coffee, I keep to just one cup a day, and I don’t drink any other caffeine. In college, I think I had a caffeine-induced hypomania from energy drinks. It was… not great.
I think I had a caffeine-induced hypomania from energy drinks.
At my first job we had free coffee machine, I once had 10 coffes in a day (it was not the small cups, I was not diagnosed and could not see how bad it was for me)
I used to do so many things that were obviously bad for me before diagnosis because I didn’t know any better. My life has really changed since. At first i hated having to change anything, you know? Now I actually like how it made my life calmer and more “adult.”
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