Posted by Maxime on January 10, 2004, at 17:50:06
In reply to I Need Suggestions, posted by Tom G on January 10, 2004, at 17:11:35
Hello. You sound like you are BP. Your argumentative behaviour can be mania/hypomania as well as the paranoia. I am BP1. My mania is not pleasant. I start off with extreme irritability (sometimes rage) and then I become psychotic in the form of paranoia.
Tegretol is a good mood stabiliser for the irritability. I can't take it myself because of side effects but you might want to give it a go.
You might also want to add Niacin (vitamin B3), about 300 mg a day to calm you down.
At night clonazapam will help you with anxiety.
I am also preoccupied with death. I haven't found anything to help that. I take Parnate (MAOI) as my anti-depressant.
Have you done the fish oil thing?
Did 80 mg of prozac help you at all? Before the Parnate I was on 100 mg of Prozac (after trying everything else) and it did help, but Parnate is better. I still get depressed though and suicidal so obviously it's not perfect.
That's all I can think of now.
Maxime
> Here's my situation
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> I've been fighting whatever it is that I have for about seven years. I think the most accurate diagnosis that I've had from the six or more pdocs I've had is bipolar II. The diagnosis was confused for awhile with social phobia. I have hypomanic episodes with antidepressants and stress. The drugs I've been on:
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> -Prozac up to 80 mgs
> -Serzone
> -Effexor
> -Paxil+Klonopin
> -Wellbutrin
> -Zoloft
> -Xanax
> -Provigil
> -Celexa--- caused panic attack after 2 days
> -Nardil--- tried for about 4 or 5 weeks
> -Depakote--- up to 1000 mgs. for about 3 or 4 weeks
> -Lithium--- at 900 mgs. it is the only drug thats has worked but only for 5 days--raised to 1200 mgs. and it caused severe agitation and discomfort
> -Lamictal-- got to 400 mgs. Nothing
> -Nardil 60 mgs.+Zyprexa 5 mg+Lithium 600 mg-- added Risperdal in place of Li later-- this combo caused feet to swell and had no positive results
> -Zyprexa 15 mg gained weight and zoned me out
> -Abilify 15 mg caused terrible akathesia and had to stop
> -Flax Seed--I had an initial antidepressant response from this but different from the lithium-not as calming
> -Nortriptyline 75 mg this is my most recent med--it caused a slight hypomanic reaction the first week, after that nothing positive
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> I really don't think I have a clear cut diagnosis. My anxiety turns into paranoia in social situations. I seem to always be tensed up. I think about death, and this seems to be worse in the evenings. I hate humans. I am always negative. I have no self confidence. I try to cause argument and controversy. I am just generally frustrated and don't like life. The lithium that worked for me had an overwhelming calming effect. So what is the best med or med combo for me? There are definately drugs that I have not tried or maybe things to retry at higher doses etc. Please, I welcome any strategies.
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> Thanks for reading
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