u/-Flighty-

I have take Lamotrigine for a long time, and recently an antidepressant which has generally worked well. Depression and lows are fairly well controlled, however I still have episodes of hypomania which are good at first but then usually turn to irritability, short temper, overwhelm and/or fatigue. While Lamotrigine has made it much better, I also have fluctuating episodes of social anxiety which can be borderline social paranoia when bad. But then it can go away all the same and it’s manageable again.

I’ve tried different antipsychotics and practically every single one has been awful for me, so I’d rather avoid them. I have also tried lithium orotate as a supplement but didn’t find it helpful.

So My question is to control these highs and irritability, would prescribed lithium (perhaps a smaller dose) be worth a try to take the edge off? Or Is it generally too strong for type 2?

I will Appreciate people sharing their experience, good and bad, side effects, and any health complications from it.

Thanks

I do not understand this double standard between everyone claiming they have one of these conditions yet at the same time it still feels hugely stigmatised and get treated differently, especially if the symptoms are more perceivable?

On par with this notion you need to “forgive” to move on or achieve peace. There’s a difference between healthy resentment, and envious resentment.

I think most times resentment is a safety response., especially when someone has been continuously mistreated by an another person/ group. It’s more about self respect and not giving abusers a free pass to continue their behaviour. resentment can function like memory, it helps you remember what someone showed you, so you don’t keep handing them access to you

This is different to envious resentment, where someone resents another person simply because they have something, receive love, succeed, or trigger insecurity. That kind of resentment is often about comparison and bitterness.

Same goes for forgiveness. People often talk like forgiveness is the only way to be healed, but sometimes peace comes from accepting what happened, and leaving behind those who continue refusing to take accountability. You can be free and still hold resentment, simply as a boundary not a mental tax.

It’s very disconcerting that many people (workplaces and other social systems) seem to act cold or inconvenienced at the drop of a hat? There’s always this ambivalent undertone when interacting with people, like even the smallest slights can land you in hot water? People are up and down like a yoyo- making it hard to know if someone is a nice person genuinely. but mostly it feels like everyone is walking on egg shells or ready to go full passive aggressive at someone else for the smallest misstep.

The biggest thing I notice is people have absolutely no ability to confront an issue with someone head on, they’d rather go about it by denigrating them with/ in front of others behind their back.

Why is this so rife?