Be careful with credit. I walked away from a lot of debt about 10 years ago and stopped using credit forever. Totally sworn off. It was very liberating.
Recently though I financed a mattress, my mom talked me into it, said it would help build my credit, but I still hate it. Iām probably going to pay it off early regardless of the zero interest.
I figured a mattress is an essential and definitely something I would get use out of.
Hang in there @Schztuna. Iāve found mental illness to be an expensive affair but thereās some good advice in this thread. I got rid of my credit card years ago and never went back to credit. Mind you I donāt have a lot of money so itās an easier thing for me to deal with. Hope your back to better. Money troubles you can fixā¦health ones are harder.
For those who say its controllable without meds, youāre wrong. I have tried everything while on Abilify before reaching to my pdoc, he said the only way to get rid of my Abilify induced mania was to stop the Abilify, this worked 100%. No more shopping addiction or mania now on 6mg Risperdal. He didnāt even put me on mood stablizers as my diagnosis is SZ. The mechanism by which Abilify can cause similar symptoms to mania is called Dopamine Dysregulation Syndrome, its caused by dopamine agonists.
Idk if mood stabilizers would work for Abilify induced mania as they might be different mechanisms than SZA or bipolar. My pdoc said they donāt work for that so I guess its different mechanisms. I never experienced mania before being on Abilify. Wikipedia says dopamine agonists can induce hypomania.
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Thank you all for your perspectives, advice, and kind words 
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Thank you for your responses, kind words, and advice
For heavenās sake not Depakote. That stuff is dangerous. I was on it and had to get periodic blood work because itās so toxic.
Yea, the world of mood stabilizers is pretty treacherous territory.
The lamictal personally helped me crazy with the manic spending situation.
Just didnāt seem I could hold onto my money. Since years agoā¦.when Iām down to a couple bucks I felt better. Well I never didnāt have my basic needs met .but Lamictal made me smarter about my spending. Errr. Less manic spending!!ā¦. Iād say.
Iām gonna be smarter now !!
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