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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
One of my many side effects from my medications is that I have not been able to cry in years. It is like my tears well up and then nothing .... well all that changed yesterday. I cried. It wasnt full on bawling but the tears flowed and it felt good to be able to see and feel my own emotions. Does anyone else find it hard to cry due to mood stabilizers? My mental health nurse has said she has never come across it before.
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Maggie Hey Maggie can I ask how did you manage to get out of having to get depot injections? My pdoc said I would have depot injections if I stopped taking my medications. In a way I would love to be off my meds but I know I lose it bi time when i am not medicated correctly.
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frogSenior Contributor
Hello @Bunniekins my experience has been similar, more so with antidepressants though. For me it seems like a choice between being emotionally numb or overwhelmed. I don't know where the middle ground is. Maybe that's the whole point with bipolar.
Hey @Maggie @Appleblossom @Shaz51 @outlander hearing you.
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
more so with antidepressants though.-- same with mr shaz my @frog xxxx
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@frog @Shaz51 @Maggie @Appleblossom @outlander and those I have missed could be antidepressents, antipsychotics or mood stabilizers as I take all three ... just having a guess is mood stabilizers as you woul think it would make sense that was the culprit.
frog you are right there appears to be no midde ground with this .... it is either being emotionally numb or being totally overwhelmed, as you so correctly put it. xx
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MaggieSenior Contributor
I really don’t know @Bunniekins other than the dept tried almost everything without success. At the time I didn’t have a psych, still don’t, I have a social worker. I think it’s really bottom line of they don’t know, or don’t want to know, how to treat people with DID and CPTSD. And the possibility that one of my ‘ others’ has bipolar 1. Sorry if that’s confusing. And it is a case of feeling numb or all over the place.
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Maggie Hey Maggie my mental health nurse said that if I refused to take my medications the police would be called to take me to hospital where I would be assessed and given an injection and possibly a stay in the mental health ward !!!! 😮 this terrifies me. I just want to be left alone and not have the powers that be force me to do anything.
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MaggieSenior Contributor
@Bunniekins I was reading about the powers that be this morning. Unfortunately they have the say.
I have been taken by the police to hospital, and it is no a nice experience at all. Is there some way your medication could be modified? Maybe a good talk with your mental health worker. I’m guessing you have already done all that though. 💕💜💕
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BunniekinsSenior Contributor
@Maggie Yes she wont be swayed..... I feel stuck....:(
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MaggieSenior Contributor
Sorry to hear that @Bunniekins .😔😔
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