So anxious about new medication

[MotherOfBears]

hello

I posted about this under a different thread, but wanted to put it out there to see if anyone has some more advice or anything for me.

I haven’t been stable since I had PPP two years ago with my second son. I have rapid cycling bipolar and have been having a mood episode every couple of weeks. I’ve tried lots of different medications and none of them have really worked very well.

I’ve just been moved onto Quetiapine and am up to the target dose, after cross tapering with olanzapine.

It will be a few weeks until I will know if this medication has worked for me. I’m in absolute despair. I feel so intensely anxious all of the time, wanting to know if this has worked. Every day seems never ending and I don’t know how I can get through this.

[Lizzo30]

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[Ellie_at_APP Partner]

Hi MotherofBears

I’m so sorry you’re feeling so anxious, waiting to see if this medication will work for you. It must be so hard when you’ve tried different medications and you are still not feeling yourself.

I hope you can somehow find things to distract yourself as I imagine thinking about it a lot doesn’t help?

Do you have some support from a psychologist at all who might be able to suggest strategies to manage the anxiety?

You will come through this motherofbears, you have already got better than you were, it can just take time and be up and down.

Thinking of you

Ellie x