Posted by blueberry1 on January 9, 2007, at 4:44:10
In reply to Bipolar II - it really sucks, posted by Jimmyboy on January 8, 2007, at 19:52:59
What are you primary symptoms? If you are bipolar II then you must get some kind of hypomanias, or agitated states, or something like that? How would you describe it? How often do they happen? Is depression the primary thing? Is there a lot of fatigue?
The reason I ask is because answers to those questions will make a huge difference in drug selection. Just because someone is BPII doesn't mean a mood stabilizer is the way to go. Like was already stated, an antidepressant and/or benzo is fine with some top notch pharmacologists. And other things like Provigil should be explored. I disagree with what the doctor said about lithium not doing anything until the blood level is right. If it was going to do anything for you, it is my hunch you would have at least felt a hint of something from it at 900mg.
It's so frustrating when you go with high hopes to a new doctor and they basically preach out of a textbook like you are some statistic or something.
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