Posted by Saffron on March 20, 2002, at 9:25:34
In reply to Lithium for BPII or cyclothymia? NEED HELP, posted by Peter on March 19, 2002, at 17:26:43
Hey there,
I think I have the same situation that you do, also diagnosed recently, or within the last year or so. BPII- with the withdrawn distance, and i turn to alchohol to feel something. I have states where i get this depressed anxiety, not a mania, but a time where im depressed and yet i need some sort of action in order to pinch myself? i dont know if thats what you mean, but thats how they told me they knew i was in this boat. they suggested Lithium to me but it made me nervous and im girly about weight gain so i wanted to get away from depacote so I've been trying topamax and i really like it, it takes away all that depressed anxiety. you may want to give that a go, for a few weeks it made me feel really great.
however, its been slowing down and we've been having to up the dosage recently so i may be moving over to lithium or depacoat, please let me know how your trial works out, i think we may have the same disorder. sorry- iknow you asked for help and you got a bunch of people telling you to go for it and tell them what you find. do you have a therapist as well as a psychiatrist? meds are part of it, but my main thing is the therapy, actually.
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