Posted by metalflipflop on January 16, 2004, at 18:42:21
In reply to Re: Lamictal side effects » metalflipflop, posted by katia on January 16, 2004, at 15:14:18
what i KNOW that i have is severe, recurrent depression since i was 15. it has alternated with periods of intense irritability, still dysphoric in mood actually, but not severe enough to be called a mixed state. bipolar runs in my family, zoloft made me hypomanic enough to run to the ER in fear of what it was, so my doc says i have a bipolar "feel." i definitely do not qualify for bipolar II even, maybe this new idea of "bipolar III" which i have heard people on here talk about. i went to lamictal b/c ssri's made me anxious and somehow didn't lift the depression, even at high doses. the mood stabilizer also prevents (hopefully) the recurring depression that ssri's didn't.
the mind is confusing.
=) liz
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