What did your doctor say about your increased symptoms?
This must seem crazy for you.
sounds manic to me or headed there.
I amsorry that you are having these strong emotions, just because you are feeling them doesn't mean you have to act on them.
Try if you can to reel your behavior in. What is a full dose for the new medication?
and when do you expect it to be in your system?
worried....
bizi

My doctor attributes the moods to the stress of changing Meds. I have an appt w him again in a week instead of two. I can't remember what he said about it, unfortunately. I started taking my full dose of 40 mgThur night so this is day one of the first full dose. As far as the Meds getting to my system, I am not sure.

I am trying to stay real busy. Today I ran, went to dr. Appts and went kayaking for three hours. I wanted to relax but I couldn't so I went to the grocery store and cam home and cooked and now heading to bed.

I have made it through another day.

Thanks BIZI

[QUOTE=bizi;1004262]What did your doctor say about your increased symptoms?
This must seem crazy for you.
sounds manic to me or headed there.
I amsorry that you are having these strong emotions, just because you are feeling them doesn't mean you have to act on them.
Try if you can to reel your behavior in. What is a full dose for the new medication?
and when do you expect it to be in your system?
worrie

I bet you are very sore of 3 hours of kayaking! that sounds like a lot if you aren't already used to that level.
try to take it a day at a time. I am hoping that you are sleeping thru the night. so important.
bizi

Hi there TBI/PTSD,

well I was a bit worried too about the voices and such. I was happy to hear that you have people you can count on, and that even though the folks you are closest too are away, you have reached out to your neighbors. That was a very good idea.

I am glad to hear that you have talked to your doctor about what is going on and that he feels it is related to changing meds. You are getting there with the meds, so hopefully you will feel better soon.

Good that you are now on your target dose of 40 mg Latuda.

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As far as when it will be in your system - i.e. at steady-state - that should take about 4-5 days from the first 40mg dose. This is based on the mean half-life of 18 hours. (Steady-state is considered reached at 5-7 half-lives. At 5 half-lives the drug level is pretty close to target. The half-life of a drug varies some across individuals and time to steady-state varies accordingly: the numbers I've given are only statistical predictors, not empirical data as pertains to you.)
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I think you are doing a great job keeping afloat. If you need to stay busy, kayaking and cooking sound like healthy ways to do it... assuming, as Bizi says, you have the physical endurance for the kayaking! LOL! I could not do that for 3 hours! I probably would not last 5 minutes, LOL.

Hang in there.

waves

Hi, Steve and Biz,
I am remembering that TBI/PTSD is active and in very good shape and that she likes the outdoors.


Hi,TBI/PTSD
I hope that the med changes work out for you.
It takes patience to deal with med transitions.
It also requires a great deal of faith --- faith that medical science can help. Keep the faith.

Mari


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There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart. ~ Celia Thaxter

Thank you Mari. You are right. You cannot coin a word for the amount of patience that we have to have with finding the right medicines,and/or medicine combinations. I'm on three different medicines for different aspects of my mental health issues.

Everyone is unique,and every experience is different. BF

Waves, thanks for breaking the Meds down for me, I get confused with the half lives and all. I should be at steady state on Latuda in two to three days so that is Sun to Mon! Yeah. I guess I really just need to get through the weekend.

I am in pretty good shape, good enought to do things that bring me peace. I used to push push push myself for faster run times (from the USMC) now I don't wear a watch. When I paddle I take Trip my service dog and it isn't a race, just peaceful enjoyment for us. Yoga, well, I am not the steadiest Yogi but I am enjoying the road of developing my practice....wow that all sounds pretty good. Maybe the Latuda is working.

Mari, thank you for asking about Trip. He partially tore his cruciate ligament and had surgery May 10. I followed the dr rehab instructions to a T which meant I couldn't take him out with me for two mos. he is back on the road with me now and his leg is in the final stages of healing (still gets sore) but he was out frolicking a ling time yesterday and is doing well.thanks for the smoothie tip. Tat is a really good idea for an afternoon pick me up. I went to Costco to pick up my contacts yesterday and they had the vitamix demo. Oh that poor lady. I went on and on about my vitamix. She probably thought I was nuts, she is right.

Bizi, thanks so much I knock out at night no problem around 8. I am on Depakote, trazadone, and buspar at nighti think the trazadone helps me sleep. I usually wake up at 10-1030 thinking it is morning but go right back to sleep until three or four. I am my 8 hours albeit a little earlier than most. My doc says it is my circadian rhythm and to let it ride.

BF thanks for the input too. I learned in therapy yesterday that buzzing around and putting too much thought (obsessing) into other people's stuff is avoidance.i mean I know food,shopping. Excessive exercise can all be avoidance too. I try to rest a bit, I find it really hard to sit still w/o doing anything. I love word finds and I have recently started jigsaw puzzles. So I am still busy but not exerting myself. Today I am going to yoga and maybe repot some plants and do puzzles. I know my car needs to be vacuumed and washed too so we will see how this day goes down.

Thanks tons for your replies, you are more supportive than physical people in my life today because you get it. Thanks.
I am going to to upload a pic of Tripon the kayak.

I forget are you bipolar?
bizi

Yes, I am bipolar. I think I have had it for a long time but when I got my fifth concussion (unconscious) I couldn't control my life anymore or keep bipolar in check. I have TBI, this, PTSD, Cognative Disorder.

You have been thru so much. I am sorry. You sound like you are BP1, so am I. Do you suffer with depression much?

bizi