{"id":211,"date":"2012-06-05T05:37:42","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T12:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/2008\/06\/05\/medication-management\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:58:24","slug":"bipolar-disorder-medication-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-medication-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder Medication Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills-box.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5603\" title=\"pills box\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills-box-300x166.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>I just can&#8217;t seem to get my Lamictal regulated. I have had trouble remembering if I have taken my meds! It&#8217;s ridiculous. I&#8217;ve been taking this drug for three years! Why on earth would I suddenly have dosage problems?<br \/>\nOur bodies change over time- they change with stress too.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going back to my measured medication box- the one that says Monday, Tuesday, etc on it.\u00a0 I have to get back on track as the withdrawal symptoms are really, really painful!\u00a0 I&#8217;m twitching and jerking pretty badly.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if you have medication problems? Many people do. A friend of mine just went off his\u00a0antidepressants- but he did well. Another friend is reducing her anti psychotic- but she had to stop for a while to let her body acclimate to the lower dose. It&#8217;s all about the liver!<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p>PS: Save the liver!<\/p>\n<p>You will only get this joke if you watched Saturday Night Live in the 70s. If you have not seen the skit, it&#8217;s worth watching!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills-box.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5603\" title=\"pills box\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pills-box-300x166.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a>I just can&#8217;t seem to get my Lamictal regulated. I have had trouble remembering if I have taken my meds! It&#8217;s ridiculous. I&#8217;ve been taking this drug for three years! Why on earth would I suddenly have dosage problems? Our bodies change over time- they change with stress too.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m going back to my measured medication box- the one that says Monday, Tuesday, etc on it. I have to get back on track as the withdrawal symptoms are really, really painful! I&#8217;m twitching and jerking pretty badly.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if you have medication problems? Many people do. A friend of mine just went off his antidepressants- but he did well. Another friend is reducing her anti psychotic- but she had to stop for a while to let her body acclimate to the lower dose. It&#8217;s all about the liver!<\/p>\n<p>Julie<\/p>\n<p>PS: Save the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-medication-management\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11532,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/11532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}