Posted by detroitpistons on March 14, 2006, at 12:00:46
In reply to Re: Never thought I'd hear this....., posted by SLS on March 14, 2006, at 8:59:21
> I guess you'll know soon what psychological issues remain after the depression goes into remission. Sometimes, depression leaves a real mess in its wake. Therapy can help clean it up after the depression is gone. Sometimes, "issues" mysteriously vanish once the depression is gone. I guess your doctor would like to see you biologically healthy before assessing your psychological health.
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> With depression, things generally are not that simple. I don't think there are very many blanket statements that can be made that covers every person who suffers from it. Let's hope the Lamictal does the trick.
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> Are you bipolar? What other drugs, if any, are you currently taking.
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> Good luck.
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> - Scott
>I was recently diagnosed as bipolar II after being on Effexor 225mg. I had an irritable hypomania with a lot of agitation, irritability, racing thoughts, excess energy, etc. I was sort of rapid cycling and a kind of mixed state.
I went down to 150mg of Effexor and started the Lamictal (just went up to 200mg today). The doc wants to wait till I'm fully stabilized to think about taking me off of Effexor.
To be honest, I'm not really sure I'm really bipolar because this hypomanic episode happened while on Effexor. But I did take Effexor once before with awesome results (maybe even some euphoric hypomania, but I can't really remember)and then it pooped out. I then tried Paxil and then Lexapro, with diminishing results.
Late last summer, I started becoming depressed again, and saw the doc but by that time I was really spiralling down. The Effexor succeeded in pulling me up, but then a couple months later the hypomania hit me hard. I guess the fact that my depression is recurring along with the fact that SSRI's don't work for me are soft signs of bipolar, but I'm still not completely convinced of the BPII dx.
Thanks for the responses,
Marc
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