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Re: Cymbalta from a BP-II - dose question » Ritch

Posted by barbaracat on February 26, 2005, at 14:10:39

In reply to Re: Cymbalta from a BP-II - dose question, posted by Ritch on February 25, 2005, at 21:46:31

>>NRI's like Stratterra would work not as well, BUT would have an anti*panic* effect that the stims didn't provide (or worsened)....I've got panic disorder with bipolar.... it's complicated.

**My dx is bipolar/mixed states with panic disorder too. Can there be anything as awful as bipolar with panic disorder? We're all so different. NRI's aggravate my anxiety. When I was younger amphetamines were my drug of choice not realizing I was really self medicating chronic depression. But I did too much and would not be able to sleep and eventually psychoses and REAL depression set in. I suspect I blew my circuits out during those days and they never fully recovered. Now, amphetamines make me feel wired and dysmorphic.

Have you ever tried opiods for depression? Never fails for me. Both calms and lifts my mood, gives a nice lift to my energy and helps me think clearly (no ADD). I need very little to get a response and haven't had any problems with addiction whatsoever. If it weren't for the constipation it would be the perfect med for me.

I was out of my oxycontin and hydrocodone which I'm prescribed for fibromyalgia pain. Otherwise, had I used opiod therapy as I was starting to unravel recently I know I would have been able to halt the spiral before it got so bad.

The whole endorphin/opiods pathway has not been explored nearly enough and should be. There's such a horror of dependecy issues but pain is pain, whether psychic or physical, and finding alternate ways of boosting endorphins makes sense.

Hopefully you're taking enough fish oil. Capsules are pretty worthless since you'd need handfuls and encapsulated brands are frequently rancid. I take 2 Tablespoons of Carlson's liquid per day and need at least that much. It seems to help. If all else fails, perhaps it's not too late for Cymbalta. If 10 pellets were too strong for you, maybe one or two would work. I tried 5 and too strong. Three or four are my limit. I'm still flabberghasted by that one.


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