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Can I be treated as bipolar?

Posted by shelby on May 21, 2001, at 9:40:55

I have had a sneaking suspicion that I could be a mild bipolar. Can this happen or do you have to have the huge mood swings from highs to lows? I don't have these huge swings but enough for me to question this.

I have been on medication for 10 years. I have tried all the SSRI's with no help to the depression and the side effects were bad (insomnia, fidgety, aggressive).

I have tried the tricyclics and the only one that has helped is amitriptyline. I have been trying nortriptyline (50 mgs.) in the morning and 70 mgs. of amitriptyline at night. I have tried lowering the dose of the elavil but then insomnia came back. I have been on this combo for 3 months now.

The doctor would like to try neurontin at night which he says will help with irritability and anxiety. With the hope that I can delete the elavil.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

Shelby

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