Posted by Lisabet on December 12, 2000, at 19:12:20
In reply to The joy of getting a diagnosis!!, posted by Kingfish on December 12, 2000, at 16:54:09
Kingfish,
I am alot like you. I started out with panic attacks and anxiety. I then thought I had GAD.
My Pdoc pointed out to me that I had pressured speech and racing thoughts (hypomanic/not severe) and that she thought that I might be a mild bipolar II. At first I refused to believe it. I really didn't think so.
After some research and reading and analyzing myself, I think she is right on target. I thought these symptoms were just in my personality. I thought it was normal to be this way. I can remember being this way since I was little.
And for me, it does explain alot about my family as well.
Buspar helped me in the past with the anxiety swing that I had a few years ago. But this summer I got dysphoric-I was in a funk for months I couldn't get out of. Unhappy, crabby, irritable. Nothing I could do or think of would get me out of it.
Of course, I am treatment resistant. SSRI's, tryciclics, some of the newer meds, no good for me. They all exaggerate the anxiety and panic.
After some trial, it seems that the Wellbutrin is helping to get me out of the funk, but when I go to the Pdoc next week, I am going to ask for something to augment the Wellb. with for the anxiety, racing thoughts, driveness, inability to relax, and some obsessiveness. (I asked for suggestions in posting earlier.)
Does your doctor say anything about cycling? I think most bipolar II's cycle more often. And what do you think about Topamax? I asked my doctor about it and she didn't want to use it because it was fairly new. I didn't do well on Neurontin because of short-term memory, concentration, and fatigue. Please tell me about how your meds were administered.
Good luck and thanks!
poster:Lisabet
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