Posted by SLS on January 28, 2001, at 7:38:29
In reply to Re: Depakote and Nausea - How to Treat ? » SLS, posted by judy1 on January 27, 2001, at 22:21:33
Dear Judy,
> Thank you Scott, your support has helped me a lot. I get to lower the depakote tomorrow, maybe that will help my nausea.
I was able to lower the dosage of Depakote once my mania was pretty much gone. After about a week, the dosage was lowered, but I forget if it was to 750mg or 1000mg.
> I don't think I recognized I was getting manic as much as I was terrified of voices I started hearing.
> For me there's a point where I stop feeling euphoric and kind of cross a line to well, honesty here- psychotic. Is that what happens to you? Take care, judy
Was the diagnosis of *schizoaffective* disorder ever considered? Although hearing voices can be a symptom of a psychotic mania in bipolar disorder, it is not very common. On the other hand, hearing voices is one of the more common features of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. One of the scenarios that can occur in schizoaffective disorder is that a bipolar mania develops first, which in turn triggers schizoid thought disturbances and audio halluciations (hearing voices).
My manias can get pretty psychotic. During these times, the only voice I here is my own. That's because I never shut up. I argue with everyone! Arguing is so out of character for me. :-)
Seriously.
One time I became convinced that a little known earthquake fault line extending into Manhattan was about to give-way. I figured it would be of a greater magnitude than San Francisco or Anchorage. Total anihilation. So I packed up my car with survival tools and drove over to my parents house to help them get ready to follow me. They disappointed me. I thought they respected my sanity enough to save thier own lives. When they declined, I decided that I would at least take the dog - poor innocent thing. Well, when I could not bring the dog, I just drove away and continue with my emergency plan. I was going to drive down to the Goddard Space Center in Washington D.C. and get a job as a rocket scientist. No experience necessary. I figured I could sell myself. I actually drove down there, and parked just before the gate. I skipped the "interview" and headed back to see how bad the damage was.
This was not the most intense and embarrasing experience. Just the funniest. I did not hear voices, but I sometimes experienced something called visual illusions. A real object appears to be similar or exactly like another object, or symbolizes and appears as an icon of an idea or associataion.
:-)
- Scott
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