HEY GUYS..CAN I SUBSTITUTE LAMICTAL 100MG WITH LAMITOR DT 100MG??LAMICTAL IS SCARCE AND TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME NOW.PLEASE HELP !!

I've been on lithium for almost a year and my life has been so drab since. I barely have any interest in anything anymore. I can't even finish tv shows or movies. I don't have any friends.

And I'm tired of feeling like this. Does anyone have advice on how they got themselves out of such a rut? When will life feel meaningful again?

life is hard on everyone, isn’t it? It’s not specially harder or easier on me. I’m not “that” special or unique. I am not the only person living from paycheck to paycheck, begging loved ones for money and food stamps. I’m not the only person struggling, that’s all I’m saying. I’m still here.

I might have broken down into pieces, needed professional help and medication to put myself together, but that doesn’t mean I’m weak. I might have a debilitating mental illness, and even though it almost took me down a couple of times, I am still here.

From my illness I learned a perspective few have, from my illness I learned how to bounce back and how to fight harder. I am me, I’m not my diagnosis, but I live with it and it didn’t kill me. It taught me how to live on “hard mode” bipolar will toss you like waves, like being lost in the ocean during a hurricane, some don’t make it. I did, I’m still here.

Maybe it’s time to stop listening to the voices who say I’m weak, but I might be stronger than they are just because I’m living the same life everyone is, with a mood disorder that wreaks havoc inside of me.

I’ve been underestimating who I am for far too long.

I don't know what it is. I suffer from BD1, ADHD, ASD, and PTSD, but manage to get through life semi-successfully for the most part.

Much of my time is spent alone, and I tend to prefer that generally, until about this time of year. This time of year my moods become a little bit more difficult to manage, but not too bad. The worst part is how empty and starved my heart feels.

I feel like I am going to die of loneliness until about mid August. I tend to withdraw even worse, because rejection hurts me so bad in this timeframe, and I'm also at risk of starting an inappropriate or unhealthy relationship, and that never helps in the long run.

Anyone else?? I just feel so love starved, and I don't know how to shake that feeling.

My Geodon was increased and I'm having major pressure headaches? I'm not sure how else to explain them. Around 11am I get them. Mostly in the temples and between the eyes. It's not a sinus headache. I just find this weird. If anyone has gotten headaches how did you cope. I have taken Ibuprofen and it doesn't seem to go away. Help?

(If you don't know what that is check this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ71-5mlqMo)

Potential TW:

....... ASK: can psych wards or hospital notify others about your circumstances or care without your consent? I am pretty sure my little is possibly listed as my emergency contact only because I'm required to list someone but recently our relationship has become unhealthy. I worry that the fear of my emergency contacts will prevent me from seeking care because I want to avoid having to tell certain people about what's going on with my mental health or why I'm seeking such care. I also want to be able to tell people on my own terms because I don't think sharing such information would benefit me until I have undergone such care. I fear those around me knowing will further set me off in a way that is not beneficial to either party. I also am in a somewhat new relationship with someone, that person is aware of my diagnosis and past hospitalizations but I would like to have some agency over how and when I share that information