Hey y’all. Just started meds for bipolar. I was on meds previously and abruptly stopped everything a year ago. My physician prescribed me lexapro to help with anxiety and my sex drive. He was aware of my bipolar but was unaware that without other meds I would go manic on lexapro alone. And that’s what happened! I’ve been manic for a few months now, but it’s gotten out of hand and culminated in irresponsible spending, impulsive decisions, bad sleep and all around shittiness. I reconciled with my psychiatrist and am on the right track. Now then. The issue.

I am on 50 mg of Lamictal, and he just pushed me up to 1800 mg of Lithium. Also taking Gabbapentin for anxiety. 

When I first started the lithium (600 mg at night) I began having hallucinations. Shadows running across the room and climbing the walls. It only seems to happen when I physically and mentally exhausted. I just officially made the jump up. To 1800 mg last night, and have been nauseas as all hell. Is this normal? I’m tapering off the lexapro, because I was taking it alongside the lithium and that exacerbated my mania. 

Even this post feels manic in a way. I’m scatterbrained.