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Re: NEWBIE--My story (long, but please read!)

Posted by linkadge on June 6, 2008, at 13:37:51

In reply to Re: NEWBIE--My story (long, but please read!), posted by blueboy on June 6, 2008, at 11:28:10

Just make sure its based on mood rather than lack of responce to antidepressants.

Some doctors think that antidepressant poop out is a symptom of bipolar. I personally think that antidepressants just poop out. Doctors like to have an excuse for why their meds are not all that great. Oh sure we want to believe its a perfect science but its just not.

I think the real reason that bipolar II is avoided is because its very hard to treat. Bipolar II doesn't usually do well on mood stabilizers alone because the predominant symtpoms are depression. Mood stabilizer / AD combinations don't always work well. Lamictal is an option, but there is really no established evidence for its efficacy. Bipolar II individuals tend to be higher functioning and don't like to take mind AP's and mood stabilizers.

Sure, my marks fluctuate greatly, but overall my GPA is much better off antipsychotics and mood stabilizers.

For instance, there is a possability I would fit into a BP diagnosis. Antidepressants poop out and I go through periods of feeling just fine (I wouldn't call it hypomania though). Nevertheless, why on earth would I want to take a mood stabilizer when 9 days out of 10 it is the depression that is most burdonsome.

Somtimes AD's make people feel better than well for a period of time. Nardil is especially known for this. It doesn't last, but I wouldn't take it as a symptom of bipolar.

Antidepressants can do funny things.


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