Is there anything quite so frustrating as contacting a doctor hoping they can fix whatever's wrong with you--especially when they were the one who asked you to call in the first place--only to be told, "Well, all we can do is wait, because I want to see if your physical symptoms go away."
My psychiatrist and I have been trying to get my current bout of bipolar mania under control. I'm taking the maximum dose of lamictal that he feels is safe (he upped my dosage to 300 mg a day over a week ago). He thinks the lamictal is doing what it should, but it's not enough, despite my mild symptoms.
The abilify seems to be making me super dizzy, and has shot my concentration all to hell. I'm only taking 2.5 mg, but it seems to be affecting me more than any of the other medications have before.
I called him yesterday per his instructions--I was to call him a week after my appointment in order to update him on how the medications were working. Short answer: They aren't. The abilify has dealt with the insomnia for the most part. That is, if sleeping 4 hours instead of 2 hours is "dealing with," especially when I'm an 8 hour kind of gal. Pretty sure I've said that before.
There isn't much to do other than to wait, but that doesn't stop the frustration. It's been a week, and I'd like to see some improvement over, "Well, at least you're getting a bit more sleep." I'm not even safe to drive because of how slowed my reflexes are, how absentminded I am, and how off my depth perception has become. That doesn't include how my equilibrium has decided to leave me. I randomly tip over and almost fall without feeling the least dizzy.
Not much to say other than that.
P.S. Don't pity me. I'm frustrated, not incapacitated.
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