Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Re: Gabapentin for Bipolar2

Posted by linkadge on June 28, 2016, at 18:32:16

In reply to Re: Gabapentin for Bipolar2, posted by Christ_empowered on June 28, 2016, at 16:30:51

Hey,

It really depends on how your moods were on antidepressants and before antidepressants. Antidepressant withdrawal can produce many symptoms resembling bipolar, including:

- mood instability
- anger, irritability, rage attacks
- increase in energy
- paranoia
- insomnia

Coming off celexa, I was very abrupt, snapping at people, breaking things and started to have some paranoid thoughts (which I have not had before or since).

I ended up getting diagnosed as bipolar and put on lithium, which helped to some extent. Lithium alone (at a therapeutic dose) ended up producing depression as did tegretol and Depakote. We ended up going back on an antidepressant with some lithium which worked fairly well.

I would say that (depending on how quickly you came off the SSRI) withdrawal could last a few weeks to a few months. If you've been on SSRIs for years, however, it can take years to adjust to not being on them.

If you want to go the bipolar route, then choose a proven treatment for bipolar lithium --> Depakote --> tegretol --> lamotrigine --> olanzapine etc.

The problem with taking one of these other unproven anticonvulsants for bipolar, is that you may not get a clear idea of whether you are bipolar. For people with bipolar, approved mood stabilizers usually work well enough for people to recognize they really do have bipolar.

Linkadge



Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:linkadge thread:1089892
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20160609/msgs/1089956.html