Medication Change
I hope everyone is doing well!
I’m BPSO, male, 48. My BP1, 50 y/o female is going through a medicine change…while we’re going through perimenopause. She’s medicated and in weekly intense therapy.
Seroquel was the previous medication, 500mg a night. In January she experienced hallucinations while taking an antibiotic with the Seroquel. We thought it was a fluke because we had no evidence of anything else. These hallucinations progressively got worse over the next 6 months. This lead to a change in medication.
Lithium is being titrated up, while Seroquel is being tapered down. We’re almost to the lowest dose of Seroquel but her sleep has become increasingly worse with every step down.
This has created a very strange dynamic in our house. Me being an empath, I’m overly concerned about her well being. Her being avoidant, she wants to just push her strange feelings down.
A couple of question for the group, any help is greatly appreciated…
- this is our first medication change. How long does it take for things to stabilize? I just want her to feel like herself again.
- at what point does the sleep issues need to be addressed with psychiatrist? She’s sleeping intermittently throughout the night.
- I feel like I’m being incredibly supportive. This is just so new, I feel like it is overwhelming. What are some things I can do to be better as a partner as she goes through this?
- with perimenopause being present…how do I know what is what?
There’s distance growing in our house. I’m okay with where we are today. I’m just trying to prevent distance from growing even more.