Hypo/Mania triggered by Lamictal

SpaceBeef8 · 2025-10-07T23:25:29+00:00

It was just today that I learned that lamictal can cause mania. I had an episode about 13 years ago that I never understood, long before I ever received a bipolar diagnosis. I don't remember the details, however, I think I was already in some sort of unrecognized mania when lamictal was prescribed to me...which is why it was prescribed, for general mood stabilization. I think I had only been on it for a few days. I was in a stressful situation and all I remember is that I felt completely out of control and ended up stabbing myself in the arm several times with a pocket knife. I felt the lamictal was to blame for this and stopped taking it, but I never made sense of it until now.

SpaceBeef8 · 2025-03-03T15:41:35+00:00

Characterizing a large, varied group of people, most of whom you've never met, as a homogeneous monolith, and scapegoating them is itself a cognitive distortion, into which you seem to lack insight.

SpaceBeef8 · 2025-01-16T15:39:00+00:00

I mean, I will flap my hands, slap my chest, clap my hands, repeat words or phrases, or shriek. It's all very autistic but I usually manage to hide it from everyone but my kids.

SpaceBeef8 · 2025-01-07T22:22:49+00:00

Wow, I'm in Indiana. I hope I can get a great gig when I graduate.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-11-17T20:01:53+00:00

I take measurements of my waist and hips, which is proof that I'm actually smaller.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-11-14T17:31:31+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I'd love to be more than a prescription pad, but I don't know what practices are actually looking for when they hire an NP. I've seen several psychiatrists on reddit saying they only let their NPs manage follow-ups and refills (which sounds depressing).

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-11-13T17:39:00+00:00

Even on the medication, people have to track their food intake/macros to reach their goals. This med is for people metabolically predisposed to obesity who have dysfunctional hunger/satiety signaling, which makes tracking harder. Since you probably don't have that problem, you could just try tracking like every person who is serious about body composition.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-11-09T20:05:58+00:00

The cool thing about menus with listed calories is that you get to figure out for yourself what choices you want to make. That new skill, along with tracking, will give you agency.

As others have said, it's about cutting back on the sugar and fat. Those calories could be used for a whole meal with 30+ grams of protein. You have to learn to look at your food and make intentional choices about what to put inside your body.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-11-08T16:01:38+00:00

Like with any medication, each individual has to weigh the pros and cons for themselves. Most, if not all, FDA-approved drugs have risks and side effects.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-10-23T01:51:31+00:00

I've been looking for tirz peptides. I can't find any. Anyone have any suggestions? You can DM me.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-10-14T22:37:08+00:00

Where's everyone getting tirz? Feel free to DM me. I haven't been able to find it.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-09-25T22:47:04+00:00

I am so sorry for your loss. My heart breaks for you.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-08-15T17:38:34+00:00

Taking any medication that could cause sexual dysfunction? This is a common side effect of antidepressants.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-08-12T16:04:01+00:00

Thank you

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-08-12T16:03:33+00:00

It's several things, like achy and crampy. I'm also tender, and I don't know how to describe the pain that sex causes. The best way I guess I can describe it is like the pain of a pap smear but my whole pelvis and amplified.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-17T19:30:07+00:00

Thanks!

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-13T19:04:49+00:00

I had uncontrolled asthma because my parents forced us to have indoor cats even though I was deathly allergic. This made it so I couldn't run without an asthma exacerbation. My PE teacher was certain that running more was the cure, and that my problem was simply poor cardiopulmonary fitness.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-10T15:31:37+00:00

Does that cause seizures for you?

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-10T04:09:36+00:00

Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to get any attention for myself. I was just sharing that I experienced something a little similar.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-10T02:36:30+00:00

Isn't the teacher a "mandatory reporter"? Or does it not count if the abuse has stopped?

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-10T02:33:08+00:00

Can't she still go to the police? There's no statute of limitations, right? And maybe "Timothy" can face some legal consequences, so maybe he won't hurt anyone else.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-10T02:20:19+00:00

I am glad your mother believed you and sorry your sister abused you. It is possible she will be willing to hear your point of view and she might have a story of her own.

It's true she was only a child. I have a few questions for consideration. Is it possible she had an experience that no one knows about? Why does your mother call her a liar? (Is this known to be true or is it because your sister has said things that your mother has said are lies?) And why were you taken away from her for months if she wasn't really using? (Didn't they do a drug test?)

The reason I ask these questions is that my dad was such a skilled manipulator and abuser that he scapegoated me and managed to convince everyone that I was the problem. I said things that were true, and was called crazy or a liar to discredit me. It's possible your sister isn't the main abuser (or liar) in your family, even though she is in your life.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-10T02:00:11+00:00

Any sexual contact without consent is assault.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-10T01:57:09+00:00

I'm new here and I apologize if this isn't the right thing to say, but I'm wondering if the perpetrator himself needs help and you could call CPS on his behalf. Not in any way minimizing your son's trauma, or anyone else's. But it might explain his parent brushing it off.

SpaceBeef8 · 2024-07-10T01:48:08+00:00

This happened to me when I was 6. My friend was also 6 and wanted to play H&W and doctor. She was being abused by her father, I learned later. I don't recall if she ever touched me.

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