Level_With_Me Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 I don't feel like I am on any type of medicine lately and I am on 6 things most of which are high doses. I'm not saying I want to be high, but I want to be medicated throughout this sickness, and it doesn't feel like it. Is that opening a bad door? The only real thing I am noticing lately is I don't have a lot of energy and I am really lazy. Is it negative to want to feel medicated? Possibly , but I don't think so in my case. Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 What is the feeling you want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiaB Posted June 21, 2014 Share Posted June 21, 2014 Well, if you're not feeling medicated and yet you're functioning, the obvious answer is that the drugs are doing what they're meant to do. Although you say otherwise, it does sound a bit like you're chasing some kind of high. Slowness and lack of energy are something to report to your pdoc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level_With_Me Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Yeah I'm mixed up. I'm really wanting just to be made whole again I guess. I always find a way to complain. I'm not chasing highs at least I don't feel like I am. I've been sober for nearly 2 weeks, but it's still possible to chase so I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieN Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 I found that I shouldnt rely 100% on meds for my well being. So I try to complement meds with proper nutrition, exercise, viamins, sunlight, acupunture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 What is proper nutrition? Vegan, low-fat, low-carb, Mediterranean*, paleo? About the only thing they agree on is that eating most vegetables and olive oil are good. Well, at least if they're organic, locally sourced (olive oil excepted), and produced using sustainable practices (i.e., better than merely organic). Oh, and that sugar consumption should not be too high, especially of one wants to/needs to lose weight. Oh, and that anything beyond moderate alcohol consumption is bad. I think those are the only commonalities. *Although few in the Mediterranean actually eat this way. Vitamins should be plentiful in your food, without the need for supplementation. If you have a deficiency, that's different, of course. I have a vitamin D deficiency, which is common for people who live at high latitudes and who don't spend much time in the sun (and who don't eat much dairy or products that have been fortified with the vitamin. So I supplement that. There is evidence that zinc intake is lower than it should be, because the daily allowance is set too low (so there is a true,although not official, deficiency. There is also some evidence that a very small amount of vitamin C supplementation can be slimming. But the reckless abandon with which these supplements are put together is not wise. First of all, your body does not absorb vitamins and minerals from pills as well as from food. Second of all, over supplementation of certain vitamins and minerals can be harmful, and already some children get too much from all the fortified food. Finally, vitamins and minerals work sometimes synergistically and sometimes at odds with each other, and must be consumed in the proper proportions (basically the ratio that's found in high-quality animal products, so vegans need to be extra careful to put their food together properly in order to get optimal intakes). Exercise is good for you. Pretty much everyone agrees on that. The amount and type, however.... Sun exposure is good for you. And there is evidence that the sunscreens actually do more harm than good (not because they're chemicals, which can also be bad, but because filtering out only one type of light is harmful). So rather than slather on a bunch of goo, just don't overdo it in the sun. I had a bad experience with acupuncture, so I prolly shouldn't comment. Well, not bad; it just didn't do anything. I now live next door to one whose supposed to be one of the best, so maybe I'll give it a try again some day. I can't for the life of me see how getting poked with needles does anything but cause a bunch of tiny skin puncture wounds, however. All that said, I understand what you're saying. There is also apparently some evidence that deficits in the kinds of things you mentioned can cause—or at least exacerbate—some symptoms of MI. So take care of yourself. Easier said than done when you're in the middle of an episode, unfortunately. I suppose it's possible that hood personal care while "normal" can lessen the frequency and/or duration of episodes, however. I have not experienced this to be the case personally, unfortunately, with severe episodes often cropping up when I'm at my healthiest, and the mildest episodes, or complete lack thereof, occurring when I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Back to the topic of this thread, I think you should not want to feel medicated. I hate the feeling, personally. Perhaps you are merely seeking confirmation that you're ill. Or perhaps you are chasing a high, if even only a modest one. Having recently experienced perfect evenness (for about a month and a half), I can tell you that I did not feel medicated. I felt "light," uncomplicated, and unfettered by the burdens of the vicissitudes of life. And the last time I felt that way was a very long time ago. Now that is very different from the beginning of a "good" manic episode, which feels OH SO GOOD. That is like an exceptional ecstasy high without feeling drugged. So either way, I associate the best feelings without the experience of feeling under a fog of pills. The worst feeling from a drug I ever had was from seroquel. Oh, just awful! I had a little brain mush from lithium in the beginning, and ambien CR is a nightmare when can't sleep on it, and even not so fun when you can. Right now I have to take cogentin to get rid of the horrible feelings from abilify (akathisia). I certainly would not want to discontinue the cogentin so that I could feel medicated. Wellbutrin gave me a similar feeling, and it couldn't sleep on it, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix_Rising Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 What symptoms are you trying to relieve? I agree with Flash; I hate that stuporous feeling I get when I'm on too much (or the wrong) meds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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