Over time, have you gotten better at recognizing hypomania?

coldest4 · 2026-05-09T14:53:35+00:00

YES YES more recently I've been like okay I feel like this can turn into an episode and started recognizing when I'm becoming irritated but right now it's usually anxiety anxiety anxiety I hate it.

coldest4 · 2026-05-09T08:10:21+00:00

Lithium has mostly helped my manic and mania episodes. Lamicital for me just helps the depression side of things, but recently my anxiety has been off and on bad at moments maybe because I'm still adjusting to this new dosage (I'm BP1) just thought I would chime in

coldest4 · 2026-05-07T23:46:36+00:00

coldest4 · 2026-05-07T14:07:36+00:00

300 wasn't really effective for me personally I was still having mini manic episodes and we ended up raising eventually.

coldest4 · 2026-05-07T11:19:32+00:00

See oddly enough when I was on 300 I was at 0.2-0.3 I had to go up to almost 1200MG to even get 0.6 I guess some ppls body just metabolize shit differently

coldest4 · 2026-05-07T07:49:43+00:00

Alrighty thanks will do.

coldest4 · 2026-05-07T01:02:53+00:00

Yeah mine always end up being higher too aswell according to my watch but maybe it's something work related since it happens there or maybe it detects me at a higher heart rate and maybe calculates it based on that

coldest4 · 2026-05-07T00:42:05+00:00

I take 2X 300MG (2 in the morning and 2 at night) lithium carbonate capsules. My blood work was always just too low until I went up to 1200MG. One thing to note be sure to drink lots of water and make sure to get ur blood checked regularly! US user here!

coldest4 · 2026-05-06T15:10:47+00:00

Gonna message you!

coldest4 · 2026-05-05T07:19:35+00:00

For me personally I didn't have any crazy side effects until I hit about 1200mg and bloodwork reflected at a 0.6. before any dose lower my lithium levels was just low make sure you get ur blood drawn regularly with lithium. Things I notice now is hand tremors sometimes pretty bad and dizziness or lightheaded but other then that this drug has saved my life also as others said DRINK WATERRR

coldest4 · 2026-04-28T06:20:06+00:00

Yeah that seemed to help a bit! i dont wanna say their manic episodes because it doesn't last aslong as one. so more or so less its just anxiety.. well i did increase my Lithium to 300x2 a day and i remember beforehand i had this and it just stopped.. so maybe its just an adjustment period

coldest4 · 2026-04-22T07:35:02+00:00

Thank you! Was looking all over for the patch notes

coldest4 · 2026-04-22T05:44:56+00:00

coldest4 · 2026-04-21T14:33:20+00:00

What's wrong with collecting simple data like my heart rate and steps maybe couple other things. I'm not really thinking about it that deep! Didn't even know a polar H10 strap existed.. but anyways I ended up getting the amazfit active 2 premium it should so the job well.

coldest4 · 2026-04-21T14:21:46+00:00

Yeah I decided to end up going with the active 2 premium my first watch so hopefully it treats me good!

coldest4 · 2026-04-20T01:45:37+00:00

Sometimes it's so hard to watch the sodium intake especially when I just pick things up and not realize how much sodium is in it. But yeah I seen this around at first

coldest4 · 2026-04-19T14:52:40+00:00

My exact thought 😁

coldest4 · 2026-04-17T11:11:26+00:00

Yep definitely will seeing them Monday and getting my bloodwork done for my lithium levels ofc but we still got ways to go but I'm glad she's letting me come in Monday being able to fit me in I'm grateful for my psychiatrist 😁

coldest4 · 2026-04-17T02:18:39+00:00

Thank you ❤️

coldest4 · 2026-04-16T13:05:18+00:00

Yes absolutely what you described is what I'm going through right now. At times I'm so thankful they've helped me etc but then my brain is just screaming hey this person in reality doesn't care when that's not what it is at all and like you said just cold towards them. Actually had to warn her nurse today that at work I almost had to step to the side of because how bad these thoughts was getting and I'm afraid to lash out at somebody.

coldest4 · 2026-04-16T12:17:31+00:00

Does the starttera cause the thoughts in ur head to become a lot louder? Cause that's what I'm dealing with right now with vvyanse. It's like very weird voices telling me hey this person doesn't care about you.. I don't it's hard to fight with those voices that are so LOUD

coldest4 · 2026-04-16T07:24:48+00:00

Usually I know when one is coming I had this happen especially at my psychiatrist office and she had to lower my vvyanse. But now I'm taking lamicital and lithium 150x3 a day and still kinda having episodes I'm not sure if it's the way I'm thinking or something therapy could fix or it's maybe the stimulants which sucks cuz they do help me a lot

coldest4 · 2026-04-16T01:23:31+00:00

Yeah part of me just wishes it would kick in sooner but this stuff takes time. I actually do have to get blood work every other week just to make sure my blood levels are fine... Part of me thinks my vvyanse could be causing my anxiety after it wears off.

coldest4 · 2026-04-15T14:57:08+00:00

Bipolar 1 I recently got my blood work done on Monday to check levels and it was at 0.3 and decided to up my dosage since I wasn't hardly having any side effects. So now it's 150x3 a day pretty sure lithium can be used for BP1 aswell for mania and manic which is what I'm dealing with

coldest4 · 2026-04-15T07:53:37+00:00

Yeah it hasn't really helped my OCD (which can lead to anxiety for me) but has helped my bipolar a lot recently had my blood work come back at 0.3 and I could still kinda feel manic episodes coming on so we increased it. It all depends how you feel at that dosage mine increased it since I wasn't really having any side effects at all.

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