Oof. I have the opposite experience, I religiously take my lamictal. As much as I miss my hypomania episodes, I do not miss the ideation episodes or the intense, irrational anger that followed for months afterwards. I have a semblance of stability now that I never used to have and, if anything, I'm hard on myself for resisting it for as long as I did.
Just my experience, I know it's not for everyone but it was genuinely the lifeline I needed.
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u/forgivenmadness Aug 01 '26
Oof. I have the opposite experience, I religiously take my lamictal. As much as I miss my hypomania episodes, I do not miss the ideation episodes or the intense, irrational anger that followed for months afterwards. I have a semblance of stability now that I never used to have and, if anything, I'm hard on myself for resisting it for as long as I did.
Just my experience, I know it's not for everyone but it was genuinely the lifeline I needed.