crooknicola
I have suffered from depression since I was about 10, diagnosed at 21, after my mum who was an alcoholic died and then given bi polar diagnosis in 2003. have been on epilum and also was on lithium for last two years. apart from mood swings, anxiety, feeling angry, violent i have begun to have pains in my body. stomach, dizziness, sickness and lots of tooth problems. I have just come off the lithium as I thought that was the cause . My moods are now very erractic, still taking epilum. they have upped the dosage, my psychiatrist is trying to say im making the pain up. I wrote a letter back to him and actually got an apology, but now i find the epilum is probably just as bad as lithium. I have been on epilum as a mood stabiliser for 12 years and now I do not know what to do. can anyone advise. I feel suicidal one hour and hyper the next. My cpn is useless. I said what do i do if I am suicidal and she told me to call her, but they only answer there phones till a certain time and you need to have done something major for the crisis team to get involved....
