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Re: can someone describe agitated depression please

Posted by blueberry on October 8, 2005, at 7:58:29

In reply to can someone describe agitated depression please, posted by spriggy on October 7, 2005, at 18:50:54

Your symptoms sound a whole lot like mine. I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with bipolar, and that I am currently in a dysphoric mania cycle, where depression, anxiety, agitation, and feeling like you're going too fast, are all mixed together at the same time, and where moods and symptoms fluctuate throughout the day. It is very easily misdiagnosed as anxiety and depression or akathisia.

I think I need a higher dose, but I must admit that on the very first day depakote extended release 500mg brought me down from going 1000mph, and lifted me up from the depths of hell, and eased anxiety, all at the same time. So that was pretty good proof that it was indeed a type of mania...a scary kind where every psychiatric thing you can thing of is all mixed together.

The lexapro might have induced mania cycling that was mistaken as akathisia.

Since there are no mood stabilizers in your history, that might be worth looking at. I resisted trying them for 10 years. Anyway, a simple trial of 500mg to 1000mg depakote extended release for just one week could tell you what your true diagnosis is. It works very fast with very few side effects. No long trial needed.


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