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Re: Barb, CYCLE - theory about anxiety treatment » McPac

Posted by Barbara Cat on May 20, 2003, at 0:51:11

In reply to Barb, CYCLE - theory about anxiety treatment, posted by McPac on May 19, 2003, at 21:06:00

Hi Mike, good hearing from you. Let's see. It's difficult to say definitely but I have to think that if I was on lithium at the time of my SSRI trials I wouldn't have the bad reactions. The red flag that should have warned someone was that I'd immediately feel wired within 3 days of starting an SSRI, speedy, panic attacks, etc. Then things would subside and I wouldn't get panic attacks anymore but would slide into a deep dark lonely place. Then sure enough, my pdoc would say, well, you probably need more of that drug. So same thing, immediate frantic reaction then sliding into the darkness. Which made me feel desperate, I mean, if our present day miracle drugs couldn't help me then I was lost. I started lithium while I was on Remeron which after a great start, went South like all the others. Lithium pulled me out of the descent like a true miracle. I went off Remeron eventually and lithium was not enough on its own to prevent depression so I added lamictal. It too pooped out.

Now I'm on nortriptyline, a little lamictal and 600 mg lithium. I recently lost my bottle of lithium and was without for over a week, and sure enough, that very scary disordered dark place started showing up. I truly believe that no matter what other med combo I try, lithium is my mainstay, the one thing that holds all the others together. I can now get depressed, anxious, and all the other 'normal' expressions of life, but on lithium I have no fear of falling into the pit of Doom. Bipolar mixed states is truly one of the inner circles of Hell.

I'd like to hear your thoughts and experiences as well. - Barbara


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