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Just curious, Bipolar anyone and ttc

I have bipolar affective disorder and pcos too just wondered any one else have bipolar or other mental health issues?
I had severe post natal depression nearly 7 years ago with my daughter, only concieved once since that was 5 years ago but lost them both ( twins )

Would be interested to perhaps buddy up with someone who would understand the highs and lows and the worry of meds ( i am currently on olanzapine being titrated up from 5 mg to 20 mg and coming off abilify on my last 5mg. Having a hard time too with symptoms, would be lovely to chat to someone else ttc and have the same symptoms. Thanks for reading and good luck to all. :)


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5 Answers • 10 years ago


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Hi. I thought I was the only one! I too am bipolar and have PTSD and severe anxiety and adult ADD. I'm trying for #3. My daughter is 16 months and my son is 5. I take adderal, seroquel and kolonipin. But I've not been taking the kolonipin cuz its a class d medication. I think meds really screw up our symptoms cuz of side effects.i would love to share this journey with some one who also has a chemical imbalance lol I really thought I was alone on here!

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Hi I was beggining to think i was the only one as well. I take venelafaxine 300mg and currently on a swapover from abilify was 20mg to olanzapine iam now on my second week of 5mg of olanzapine and my last week of 5mg abilify.
I am having a confusing time as don't know if it is meds or not but i got a full on positve opk at cd13 now this morning i get another Iam 9dpo so confusing.

I have a daughter from a previous first marraige which she took a year to conceive as i have pcos too.

This is lovely to hear from someone else keep in touch :)


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I actually got a positive opk at CD 10 and had the next day I had the ovary pain and spotting on CD 12 and then on CD 14 I got another positive OPK. (I took it because I had O pain.) Some women ovulate twice a month, days apart. I BD both times cuz hey! If i can double my chances, I'm going for it! Just cover your bases and on with the dreaded tww. Aah I'm 11 dpo and tons of creamy lotion like cm, and huge temp jump to 99.6. I wanna test but can't do the emotional trigger of a bfn. Baby Dust to you! :)

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I am so confused with my cycle got a full positve opk yesterday cd22 but as i have pcos i sometimes have a 35 day cycle i had pain on the left ovary this time on cd 13 it was on the right side. Is it possible to ovulate ten days apart? Hmm either way i am waiting another two weeks before i test.

I had a temp dip even further today so it may be implantation who knows i guess i have to wait.

It sounds positive with you so far hold off just 4 more days then take a test is temps stay high. Good luck :)


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Your not the only one! I have bipolar, anxiety and recovering from anorexia/ bulimia.. I spent most of my teenage years in and out of hospitals getting me stable.. I was on desvenlafaxine 100mg but wanted to come off it as I had 3 miscarriages so swapped to venlafaxine 150mg so the withdrawals weren't as bad. It was a complete disaster and I'm back on the venlafaxine and seroquel xr and seroquel standard release although I'm down from 600mg a day to 200mg.. Just fallen pregnant again so fingers crossed!


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