Posted by bridgey1128 on December 1, 2004, at 15:29:04
In reply to Re: Topomax and bipolar II » bridgey1128, posted by rainy on December 1, 2004, at 14:49:04
I took other meds when I thought it was just depression but Topomax is the first one I have been on since being diagnosed as bipolar II. All the rest of the antidepressants just didn't work and I guess that is because I am not depressed, I am bipolar. My husband is without insurance right now because we just can't afford for him to have it. Personally we were losing money with him having it because he NEVER went to the Dr and he was never sick! He hasn't had it for more than a year and he still hasn't been sick enough to go to the Dr. His mother is a nurse so she can bascially get any antibiotic we need. He has never had anything more than a sinus infection and we are VERY blessed by that. I am not a sickly person either but, being a woman and having allergies, I tend to go more often. I HAVE to have insurance. I guess it sounds like I am sickly because of all the meds I have to take but I really am a pretty healthy person otherwise. I have good bloodpressure and other than my bipolar and my allergies I don't have too many colds or get sick much. Last year when everyone got that horrid stomach virus I had it for 5 hours. YES, I said 5 hours. I guess my system just kicked it's butt. I came home from handbells, felt puny, threw up twice, took a 3 hour nap, woke up and felt fine. The other people in our show were throwing up for days at a time. Of course, last winter I DID have bronchitis for 3 months straight....I think I would rather have the barfing stomach virus!
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