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Re: RJ + Scott Re: lyrica - how does it work » SLS

Posted by brynb on August 17, 2012, at 16:39:29

In reply to Re: RJ + Scott Re: lyrica - how does it work » brynb, posted by SLS on August 17, 2012, at 14:23:49

> > I always thought that any kind of mania defaults you to the Bipolar spectrum. Or, if it's med-induced, does that technically not "count" as mania??
>
> In the DSM V, the proposed diagnoses for bipolar disorder will include a subtype for which mania occurs only in association with drug exposure.

Thanks, Scott.

In your opinion, do you think I'm in the bipolar category?
My depression started at 14, I was very irritable during my teens, started having severe depressive episodes/breakdowns from age 18 on, and the severity of my episodes have gotten much worse with age. I also had a rough time with substance abuse from my late 20s to mid 30s.

I always had some hypomania, be it irritability, anxiety, snapping at people, mood swings, etc., but with Neurontin I get full-blown mania (spending, hypersexuality, rapid speech, crying fits, euphoria).

It's not that I'm so concerned with the label, I just feel like there's some comfort and justification in knowing that my suffering has a name (and isn't a character flaw!). And my diagnosis from pdocs in the past was never distinct--it was usually considered MDD w/ GAD, but several thought I was bipolar 2.

Thanks.

-b


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