Posted by grapebubblegum on August 1, 2001, at 19:20:26
In reply to Re: Can anyone help with a definition? » MM, posted by Zo on August 1, 2001, at 18:25:03
No TLE for me.
I have not had episodes as bad as I described in a while, and those episodes were always co-morbid with other major stresses such as being sick. I have tolerated SSRIs well; in fact they have reduced my threshold for PAs. And yes, there is a history of bipolar in my family; I am sandwiched between two people of that diagnosis, my father and my son. I always quit SSRIs for other reasons, though.
As much as benzos can help to prevent attacks (they don't derail them as well as prevent them for me) they do leave me depressed. I didn't think that was true but I didn't understand depression symptoms: extreme irritability, extreme oversensitivity... at least that's how it goes for me. My doctor is thinking of geodon instead. Now I'm not in PA phase but in quasi-pre-PA phase whereby all food looks revolting and I don't want to do anything to overextend myself for fear of triggering PAs.
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