Posted by colin wallace on August 2, 2002, at 9:13:50
In reply to Re: Bipolar/Fish Oils » colin wallace, posted by johnj on July 31, 2002, at 17:13:26
John,
>>I haven't been getting much exercise since sweating really fouls up my mood. I am pretty sure it is the nortryptline and not the lithium..
My money's on the nortriptyline. I found tricyclics and remeron to be very detrimental to exercise.SSRI's (whetever else I may hold against them), didn't adversely affect my exercise (cycling) program.
>>Doc is most likely to push a low dose lexapro when it comes out. I have reservations...
Why wait for lexapro in particular?A LOW dose trial of celexa, prozac,or zoloft wouldn't harm.And if you happen to be bipolar11, at least you're alert as to what to look out for!Unfortunately, these things have to be tried out to know for certain.
>> Decided I am going to have to give up my Guinness since alcohol, even in small amounts, messes me up now.
Alcohol did that to me on amitriptyline too.As for giving up guinness....my God, that's drastic...rather amputate a limb with a swiss army knife.
>>Sorry to hear about your father. I lost mine 13 years ago this October from lung cancer..
My prayers are with you and your father.Thanks for that John...I think that once I fully get these awful, angry mood disruptions under wraps, I'll be much better equipped to deal with it.That's been the worse aspect- being needed, but not being in the driving seat with my moods has meant I haven't been responding anywhere near as well as I should be.
But I'm definitely retaking the 'reins'- I can feel an almost forgotten friend making his way to the surface- me.Col.
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