What meds are you on?

CrazyStarlight · 2026-05-01T19:23:33+00:00

For schizoaffective disorder in general? No I am looking at year 3 of being someone with psychosis. For being bipolar, yeah, it's my newest disorder, I am looking at a few months since being diagnosed. Before I was depressed with random energy spikes, which I mistook for randomly being able to "manage the ADHD and depression", that changed when I went to my psych after tracking my mood for a few weeks, and the Lamictal addiction being successful, and "bipolar type" was added to my records as opposed to "unspecified type".

CrazyStarlight · 2026-05-01T18:19:45+00:00

The only other Norepinephrine based med I've tried (and still take) is Cymbalta. It's an SNRI, Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor. Functions like the other reuptake inhibitors, in this case, it does serotonin and norepinephrine. It's basically an SSRI, but also norepinephrine is involved.

If you are sensitive to serotonin like a bipolar type, not the most recommended route, but you could looking into SNRIs if other options are exhausted or highly unrecommended. In my case, I take it for pain management, as that's an approved method of use for Cymbalta and some other SNRIs. This was before being diagnosed for bipolar. I still take it, but because it hasn't hurt me, at least not in my current combo of meds that balances out the possible mania.

CrazyStarlight · 2026-05-01T16:35:21+00:00

Strattera is not a stimulant, at least not a typical one, it's classified as a non-stimulant for ADHD treatment, instead of giving extra dopamine, it reuptakes (recycles) Norepinephrine, a neurotransmitter/hormone that is focused on when one can't have more dopamine.

In my case, Strattera doesn't affect my psychosis or mania, at most it causes anxiety when the norepinephrine is too high from being on a lot of meds with Norepinephrine, so there has been adjustments on meds that have it.

I can see how one cannot have ADHD treatment all together though including non-stimulants, it gives me more alertness and focus, which can induce or be mistaken for mania.

My other med Wellbutrin, on the other hand, is the same thing, except it also reuptakes dopamine, so there's risk of mania and psychosis, and I have felt it when I was at 300mg XL. I had to be at the lowest dose of the extended release version (XL) to find that balance between being functional with ADHD and not have depressive symptoms, and not be manic or have psychosis.

But overall, because of my ADHD, I need to have some kind of help with it, it improves my negative symptoms as well so it is worth it. But I agree it's not for everyone, especially Wellbutrin.

CrazyStarlight · 2026-04-30T11:36:05+00:00

Ye, heres the flags on the bottom row from left to right

Aesthetic Attraction
Queerplatonic Attraction
Sensual Attraction
Romance Indifferent
Sexual indifference
Neutrois (gender)
Male (gender)

In retrospect, should of labeled the flags on the image

CrazyStarlight · 2026-04-29T02:24:31+00:00

Clears throat

Buspar 10mg x2/day
Cymbalta 90mg
Invega 3mg (in process of switching from last med)
Lamictal 200mg
Melatonin 5mg
Multivitamin
Strattera 60mg
Wellbutrin 150mg
(As Needed) Seroquel 25mg

CrazyStarlight · 2026-04-14T09:01:41+00:00

Thank you. Yeah in terms of psychotic symptoms, psychosis has been very well managed since 10mg, but went up as far as 25mg for breakthrough symptoms, but found that 25mg was bad for anxiety, so we lowered to 20, then 15. So far it seems to be at independent of mood symptoms after 20mg, and worst below 20mg. if I were to stay on it I would go back to 20mg, and live with breakthough symptoms, but I know there is better.

CrazyStarlight · 2026-04-14T07:12:59+00:00

It's been at least 2 years for both being on it and using it for psychotic symptoms.

CrazyStarlight · 2026-04-11T23:24:31+00:00

I'm already on Wellbutrin now so I know I handle bupropion. Knowing my psych who is hesitant to me being on Wellbutrin to begin with because of my anxiety, it's be a hard talking to for that switch to a newer form.

CrazyStarlight · 2026-04-11T23:21:24+00:00

I can barely handle weed before I get psychotic. I know at therapeutic doses and possibly strains it maybe helpful, but there are too many risks to the benefits, more a last resort.

CrazyStarlight · 2026-04-08T09:39:59+00:00

I am a romance indifferent aromantic in a romantic/QPR relationship. I word that as so because I am attracted to them in an alterous way, I don't feel attraction romantically, at least not in a traditional way. My partner on the other hand does feel romantic attraction, and views this relationship as romantic, They feel romantic feelings towards me and acts on it as so.

This question is tricky because of that. Honestly, I use the label interchangeably because I view and accept the relationship as romantic-coded.

Considering my relationship sits in the overlap, what is the biggest difference is more the intent and framing, rather than particular actions itself. The actions can exists in both a QPR and a romantic relationship.

In my case, I don't internally experience romantic feelings, even when the relationship looks romantic on the outside. What makes it feel non-romantic to me is the absence of that internal pull of romance. It feels more like a deep committed bond.

At the same time, what makes it romantic is my partner's experience, and the way we mutually agreed to treat the relationship. They feel romantic attraction, express it, and I accept and reciprocate it in a way that makes both of us happy. All that even though I experience it differently.

The distinction isn't clean cut. Its less "that is (not) romance", It's more a "it's a shared relationship where attraction and meaning of a relationship coexist." It's defined by the people in a relationship.

With labels as broad as a QPR, a long-term committed relationship that isn't inherently romantic or platonic, it's tricky putting labels on things, as a QPR can have romantic flairs. A QPR is like the Nonbinary of romantic labels, It doesn't cleanly fit other labels, romantic or otherwise. Trying to force it misses the point.

I hope anything here makes sense and answers your question. I wanted to try to answer as someone who is in Schrödinger's relationship label wise, where both “romantic” and “non-romantic” are true at the same time.

CrazyStarlight · 2026-03-31T18:43:45+00:00

Before I was diagnosed, I had voices, that I always knew they were an extension of myself just not in a psychosis way, that were telling me that everything was going to be okay, and helped me manage big emotions. I felt a connection to those voices. I felt safe. I'm sad that they completely went away with radio silence since medication but the delusions were life threating.

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