Posted by bridgey1128 on April 22, 2004, at 19:46:19
In reply to Has topomax helped, posted by bruce_w6 on April 22, 2004, at 19:17:06
I have bipolar 2 and before I was on topomax I would lie there forever at night trying to go to sleep and my mind would just race from one thing to another. Usually they would be like worse case scenarios. It would keep me awake at night for a couple hours sometimes. I would have to stop myself from thinking about horrible things happening to our kids or family and friends. I would think up stupid arguments and just have these arguments in my head with people! I still have a hard time calming down at night but at least I can calm down faster. It's easier for me to put my mind to rest and not think about 15 million things at once. My "mania" is excessive talking and being hyper around my friends or lots of people. I am a real people person but I know that I could get on people's nerves from being so talkative. I am still talkative but I don't feel like it's edgy and impulsive. Before I felt like I HAD to talk. Now I can just be myself and enjoy being in the conversation. I don't feel like I have to be talking the whole time.
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