Posted by fluffy on December 4, 2002, at 14:03:56
In reply to Re: Is there ever a normal after BP - fluffy, posted by Mr Cushing on December 3, 2002, at 23:00:47
Hi Mr. Cushing, Krysti, Pork chop, and others...
Man--
I come into work today, and see that this thread has exploded!! It's good!!So I saw my pdoc on monday. I really, really don't like him...but he's all I got right now. He doesn't want to explain ANYTHING!! He doesn't tell me about side effects. He says about 20 total words when I visit him....It's like---"appetite?----sleeping?----Hmmmm---feeling suicidal?----" and then some bullshit "light " topic follows. I have to force him to talk to me about what is actually going on--like the cycling and the anxiety from the SSRI's....BLEH.
But he put me on Tegretol, which I think is a pretty good choice from what research I've done. So far, so good. It's been 2 days...no weird side effects or space-cadet feelings.
To pork chop--
I also thought that what I was going through was "just" depression....like unipolar depressions. It wasn't until I had a horrible experience with Lexapro that I realized that something was rotten in Denmark...
It put me into a mixed state. Then I tried zoloft and neurontin. I was cycling rapidly, and the neurontin didn't seem to keep it from happening. If you have time, you can read some of my earlier posts. I was totally in denial about being BPII. Now I'm just glad I know so that I can get the proper drugs to prevent/ lessen a future episode.Mr. Cushing--
Did you ever figure out what the chills were about? I hope the SSRI helps. What about Wellbutrin? I've heard good things about it from other BP kids.Take care everyone!
Fluffy
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