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Re: Coming off of ANTICONVULSANTS! - your experiences! » starlight

Posted by cpallen79 on August 4, 2004, at 23:34:44

In reply to Coming off of ANTICONVULSANTS! - your experiences!, posted by starlight on August 3, 2004, at 13:22:26

Hi there, BP doesn't necessarily entail a "manic episode"... It can entail mixed states (agitated depression) and dysphoric mania (incredible anger, frustration, hostility). I've never been truly "manic" either, but I've had terrible mixed depressions that were excrutiating. Also, I've occasionally had periods of very mild hypomania on some SSRIS (excessive hypersexuality, ambitous, goal driven). Then again, I've had periods of somewhat normal moods. Bipolar is incredibly complicated, so much so that no one really fits a black and white mold of it... theres so much along the spectrum that people may have it ever so slightly and not even realize it. Sounds like your on pretty high doses of bipolar meds though... perhaps reducing them to see what happends might do the trick. best of luck in gettign the correct diagnosis.

> Hi All,
> I'd like to find out your experiences with coming off of anticonvulsants. I take lamictal and trileptal and effexor. But I'm not convinced at all that I'm Bipolar II. I think I have depression with PTSD, mainly because I've never really had a manic episode. I take 300 lamictal and 1800 trileptal.
>
> My previous Pdoc was the one who diagnosed me with BPII, but he was an awful Pdoc - he was the one who betrayed my confidentiality. When I initially came in to see him I was a bit agitated but then again, I was taking wellbutrin at the time, which makes me agitated. So I'm going to talk to my new one on Thursday about coming off of them, but I'd like to hear your experiences and know what I'm in for.
>
> Thanks,
> Starlight


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