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Re: AP's for Non-psychotic Bipolar » cybercafe

Posted by sarahcat on August 10, 2002, at 23:50:23

In reply to Re: AP's for Non-psychotic Bipolar, posted by cybercafe on August 10, 2002, at 7:56:26

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> Risperdal - i thought it got rid of suicidal behaviour.... does that mean it relieves depression too? i thought that meant it would do some good
>

The Risperdal helps me with intrusive thoughts of suicide, but it doesn't actually help my mood. And I'm not completely free of suicidal thoughts all the time. I do pretty well about 2/3 to 3/4 of the time, and the remainder of the time I spend in breakthrough depressions with suicidal preoccupation at times. Still, that's better than being depressed 100% of the time.

> yeah i think above 225 mg effexor works on norepenephrine for me... which causes cycling in bipolars (like tricyclics)

I'm up to 300mg of XR and I haven't have many, if any, hypomanic episodes on it. Now Prozac and Celexa are another story for me.

> hey i wonder if it's true that cycling causes anxiety -- cause MAOIs don't cause me to cycle, and my anxiety is gone

I've actually never been on an MAOI. From what I've read here, I may end up requesting one if I get so depressed that I need a major med change.

> i think docs must have some strange detachment from reality to do what they do

I don't know, my psychiatrist seems pretty well grounded. It's weird, I recently found out that he even likes my favorite band, and I must be at least 25ish years younger than he is. He can really relate well to me, and he can explain his med choices to me pretty well.

Sarah


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