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Re: Help! I think I may be manic! » Katia

Posted by Eddie Sylvano on May 8, 2003, at 9:06:19

In reply to Help! I think I may be manic!, posted by Katia on May 8, 2003, at 3:28:25

> any feed-back would be appreciated!
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I've had experiences similar to this upon stopping medications, but they usually only last a few days. Much the same as you've described... racing thoughts, lots of energy, libido, irritability, etc. My best guess is that the med dicontinuation results in rebounding dopamine levels (which had been suppressed by the enhanced serotonin levels), and this extra dopamine (along with a corresponding drop in serotonin) is causing the symptoms. The whole time you're on an AD, your brain is trying to compensate for the changes it causes. Once that drug is gone, the brain still takes a little longer to stop compensating, and without the expected influence from the AD, it overcompensates, and thus gets out of whack.
That's just my theory, as a programmer and not a doctor.


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