Posted by Ritch on December 27, 2002, at 10:02:58
In reply to Calling all bipolars! Any Of You? , posted by Mr.Scott on December 26, 2002, at 23:40:46
> Have any of you PRIMARILY DEPRESSED bipolar types be it bipolar II, cyclothymia, or those who react with bipolar symptoms only to ADs ever been able to completely give up the antidepressants and just get well on the anticonvulsants or lithium?
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> Thanks For your Response!Hi Scott, I would have to vote NO on that one. There was a stretch of several years where I was on lithium+benzo and "managed" to stay employed, etc., but there were many weeks of depression every year that were needless IMO. This was back before all of the new meds. The only thing available were tricyclics and MAOIs (I never thought to ask for those back in 1984) and TCA's have never worked that well for me (by themselves anyhow). I hope you get some positive responses. I would be interested in their med combo for sure. ----Mitch
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