Posted by hildi on July 7, 2002, at 14:41:50
In reply to Re: Question for all-any advice please!!? long-sorry, posted by fairnymph on July 7, 2002, at 12:25:37
Hi everyone-thanks again for your help. I am in a total freak-out right now. I posted a panicky new link below.
Can I be bipolar-not unipolar? And if so, are SSRI's ok for bipolar, too? I am acting like a beast. I'm screaming at the kids and the animals- all my words are coming out backwards here on the keyboard. i keep retyping because I'm so perfectionistic- and it's just adding to an incredibly horrible mood. I'm jumping out of my skin and mythoughts are circling with obessive repeats of the things I have to do. Anything gets in my way-look out! Is this what mania feels like. When my head repeats my lists and I have trouble breathing due to irritablility to accomplish my 'head lists' is this mania- or just major depression?
I took one of the mood stabilizing drugs-trileptal-finally, a couple hours ago. No help. More irritability. I really feel like I could hurt someone. I hate the way I am acting.
I get this way sometimes, but this is extreme, even for me.
I have not really been continuously been taking any med lately. The celexa was getting me feeling like I was jumping out of my skin-increasing my anxiety d/o. The zoloft was making me feel like throwing up-plus turning me into a zombie. I took 20mg of prozac yesterday AM because I was at wits end. I didn't take anything today except for 75mg of that trileptal.
I called the county mental health dept. to contact my dr.They said I was acting impulsive, sounded manic, couldn't do anything for me, and call my dr. durin regular business hours. They said to lay down and rest. yeah, right! I am not sure what to do.
I am curious about trying MAOI because I haven't had much response that's good lately to SSRI's. I cannot live like this for weeks, though.
How about trycyclic? (sp?) SSRI's and MAOI's better?
I think that Prozac caused mania in me when I first started taking it about 9 years ago. I loved it. I felt great. I was obsessed with sex. Then it stopped working and I switched to zoloft. I've always had mild attacks of being too obsessive at times on the zoloft. I mean- the lists in my head of things that I keep repeating too myself- and everything had to get done, perfectly. But they mostly happened only a few times a month- By the time I decided to stop zoloft this obsessive thing/perfectionistic thing of mine was getting worse. And the irritability and lack of interest in things was getting worse.
This 'dyslexic' thing I am experiencing is somewhat new. When I say things at times, sentences will come out backwords. I will write things or type things backwards, too.
The celexa added confusion to my brain, couldn't remember how to spell things- where I was going or how to get there. It also made the 'dyslexia' worse.
Right now typing is a real chore. Every word is coming out backwards- going back over it again and again.
What Is my problem???
People are going to hate being around me if I cannot get this together. I need to get a grip and FAST.
Do any mood stabilizers have significant a/d effects? I thought I saw a post on PB about this.
Hildi
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