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Re: re: Trileptal + ? re:AD+mood stab. for atypical BP

Posted by Cath78 on January 10, 2001, at 20:01:29

In reply to re: Trileptal + ? re:AD+mood stab. for atypical BP » Cath78, posted by S.D. on January 10, 2001, at 12:42:54

> Lithium is well accepted as effective for depression (at least as an addition to an antidepressant.

> • Did either the lesser or greater depressions begin before you were 12 years old?
Yes I experienced some depression by age 12 but I wasn't suicidal for the first time until I was 13 years old.
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> • Have the 'swings' occured at regular intervals or do they seem unpredictable or are they caused by external events?
Not regular intervals, and mostly unpredictable. I know that I struggle more with depression during the winter. Sometimes there are external events that contribute to my depression or which trigger it, but mostly it's random.

> During less-depressed periods that ocurred *before* medication was helping, were you able to:

I didn't start on medication until I was 17 years old (I'll be 23 in less than a month), and during those less depressed periods before I started on meds I was able to function very well, I was capable of being an excellent student, I was athletic, and I had a few friends.
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> • feel pleasure, at least briefly, from activities that should be pleasurable?
Yes, when I wasn't severely depressed I could briefly experience pleasure.
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> • Is your current state on Zoloft less depressed than your unmedicated "little bit less depressed" periods?
Most of the time. But my unmedicated "little bit less depressed" periods are so long ago (relatively speaking) and there are so many things that have changed in my life since then that I really can't compare the two.
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> • If you have felt persistantly low-energy or unmotivated when depressed, do you still?
I did experience little energy and no motivation when I was depressed. Most of the time now (on Zoloft) this isn't a problem, although I do have periods lasting a week or several days where I experience these symptoms of depression but usually I can force myself to do enough of what I'm supposed to be doing until the lack of energy period passes.

Another thing I thought I'd add: I've been on prozac, effexor, lithium, depakote, wellbutrin, ritalin, neurontin, and trazadone.

Cath78


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