tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339974062095553185.post9219892409005244425..comments2023-10-12T02:44:19.333-05:00Comments on My mentally ill life: FINALLY....LITHIUM!!!!!!!!!!Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13675829827137657056noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339974062095553185.post-12066068945215361942008-03-21T08:08:00.000-05:002008-03-21T08:08:00.000-05:00I am new to blogging but just wanted to say "hello...I am new to blogging but just wanted to say "hello" and that I am in the same boat right now. Not with a depressed DH, but with extreme pain. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes, I think webMD might be a curse and a blessing. A blessing in that by the time you "self-diagnos" yourself, and the doctors FINALLY prescribe something, you've already read up about it.<BR/><BR/>The curse is that you are wondering why the doctors are taking so long at coming up with the conclusions you've already come up with months and months earlier. <BR/><BR/>I had printed off lots of information about fibermyalgia and RH but the doctors that I went to see about it took an additional 2 years to do anything about it. In fact, when I presented the work I had done on my own to my doctor, he didn't even bother to look at it...he just clipped it underneath his writing tablet and kept talking about what he thought. SO, I figured "well, since he is doctor, he would know more than me"...two years later, I just wanted to scream "I told you so"!!!!<BR/><BR/>sweetpeaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339974062095553185.post-10557048849780502592008-03-21T00:05:00.000-05:002008-03-21T00:05:00.000-05:00I can't believe that it took this long to give the...I can't believe that it took this long to give the lithium a try. <BR/><BR/>When I was in college, I was taught in Psych 101 that lithium is the main drug used to treat bipolar. <BR/><BR/>Not that I am any kind of expert, but ... geez.<BR/><BR/>I will keep my fingers crossed for your DH. Sounds like his depression/mania is severe.Pannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153295867807635375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2339974062095553185.post-8335981402107405772008-03-20T08:26:00.000-05:002008-03-20T08:26:00.000-05:00Excuse me a moment because I am going to swear...w...Excuse me a moment because I am going to swear...what he hell does it mean to be "a little bipolar" ? It makes me want to scream. I know exactly what you mean about trying to get the "experts" to see what you are seeing. When my husband came home from his doctor the first time he told me the doctor felt he was "borderline bipolar". What the heck? You are right to be cautious about the lithium. It has had great results for a lot of people but who knows how it will be for DH. I know I thought, good he is on some medication he will be ok. Things got worse for him and us. He was also perscribed Lithium but he said he didn't feel comfortable taking it and never got it filled. I should have gone with him to the doctor and told him right from the start what he was doing but didn't until it was too late. Even so, the doctor saw and heard enough from HIM so say and perscribe what he did only to now totally reverse himself. I know I should walk away but I want so much for my husband to be well. I pray this helps you. Even if this doesn't work there IS something that will and so far it sounds like you have a good doctor for him. Keep working together and things will eventually work out.perphilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17191514151838436492noreply@blogger.com