Posted by Ritch on December 31, 2004, at 18:24:45
In reply to Re: Extrapyramidal Symptoms » ed_uk, posted by Mr.Scott on December 31, 2004, at 14:11:33
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> Good point!
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> I immediately experienced anxiety, agitation, and the last time I took 25mg of imipramine (last year). I'm not sure if it goes away or if the initial hell burns out into a rapid cycling. However this last time I took 25mg of Imipramine my depression worsened into such an agitated hell I decided to drink again to get some relief and that inevitably led to a major cocaine relapse and a host of other'inappropriate and dangerous behaviors' I couldn't even think of doing right now. After that binge weekend I took large doses of Lithium, depakote, and trileptal just to get over the coke effects, withdrawal and general agitation. When I returned to work on Monday, everyone said I seemed to be in a much better mood. Was it the coke or the mood stabilizers? I don't know, but I guess it sounds bipolarish... It's just not entirely clearcut like most bipolars I know or read about.
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> Scott
Scott, those symptoms are very much like mine. I think there is a big difference between BPI episodes and this chronic BP-IIish stuff.. I know the "spectrum" thing is big deal now, but they just seem like two very different illnesses altogether. I've known some BP-I's and they just don't have the same symptoms I have. I've seen them really high and I can relate to that racing consciousness, but it just comes out of the blue and goes ON and ON, then they seem OK for months at a time. Definitely a different expression.
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