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Can Depression be made worse by AD's in bipolars?

Posted by Mr. Scott on December 25, 2003, at 22:04:40

In reply to Re: Best Approach for Bipolars, posted by Karen_kay on December 24, 2003, at 9:27:51

As bipolars go...Is it generally the manic/hypomanic side of things that gets worse or de-stabilized by taking antidepressants? Or is it posible they actually 'worsen' depression by taking them.

I feel like sometimes they work to euthymia, other times they bring on hypomania, and sometimes they make depression worse, perhaps by not doing anything except creating side effects.

I have a hard time accepting that I can jump completely from an SSRI to Lamictal seemlessly and not experience a black depression. I hear it's what I'm supposed to do, but I'm quite fearful my life will become even more disrupted. Currently i take Trileptal (900mg daily), Tranxene (7.5mg daily), and Lexapro (1mg daily). I doc wants me to add Lamictal and eventually simplify.

What do you think of all my fretting on this matter???


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