Posted by mellow on September 29, 2011, at 21:36:11
In reply to Re: Effexor...is there hope » mellow, posted by SLS on September 29, 2011, at 4:39:20
Thank you all for the comments and suggestions.
Scott,
Per your question of how I ended up Cyclothymic. I was dxed depression/anxiety at 18. Tried zoloft. Got at least hypomanic from what I recall. I was seeing a GP not a pdoc. I did paxil when I was 23 and ended up going completely psychotic. (thought people were after me!) got dxed schizophreniform after 11 days inpatient. A few months later after changing jobs about four times and slicing my wrist open my therapist simply called my pdoc and told him she thought I was bipolar. He started me on two anticonvulsants at her request because she said lithium was too old school and would make me a zombie.I complained about my care and she finally took out the DSM and read through all the bipolar categories and said I was closest to Cyclothymic. My doctor never gave me a firm dx he just doped me up. His practice was criminal.
I'm managed to quit drinking and doing drugs and I am gainfully employed but I haven't had emotional stability since I was a young kid...even then I was emotional. Getting a bit tired of this!
mellow
Bipolar II
Lamictal 150, Topamax 50, Risperdal 2, Cal/Mag, D3 1000, Fish Oil 2400, High Potency Multi"We're all just walking each other home." -Ram Dass
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