Latuda is the newest prescription I've been given to help keep my bipolar self in check. I had to stop taking the Topamax that I was using as a mood stabilizer because it was making me extremely irratable and way bitchier than normal. I was snapping on everyone if they even breathed in my direction... it was out of control.
I've been on Latuda for a couple of weeks and actually just called my doctor today and talked to her about increasing my dose because I was still pretty all over the place. We had started low because I'm so friggin sensitive to the side effects of all these mood altering mental stabilization drugs, lol. Tomorrow morning I'll starting taking the "normal lowest dose" of 40 mg and continue taking my Welbutrin daily.
I'm about to hit the two year mark of staying medicated which is my record. Hell, I beat my record every month really because I usually give up and quit after 3 months because nothing seems to work or if it is working then it means that i have no creative bone in my body or no sense of humor and well I'm just not me.
I accept the fact that being me comes with a bipolar spectrometer as an added "bonus"... a free gift if you will, but just because I'm a little unbalanced doesnt mean I can't be fun and creative and interesting too. I just refuse to be a drooling zombie who isn't able to enjoy life or function as a part of society...
The world would be missing out on a whole bunch if I gave in to the zombie drugs... not happening my friends not happening.
I don't hate this stuff so far so I'm going to stick with it.
