Posted by mila on August 1, 2001, at 14:07:38
In reply to Re: diagnosis debacle » mila, posted by Wendy B. on August 1, 2001, at 12:30:36
Hi Wendy,
I know I should've inserted IMHO after each sentence and used 'seems to be's instead of 'is's. All of the above is my opinion and i tend to see in sar what i had since I feel sympathy. The good thing here is that we all offer different perspectives on it for sar to choose what rings true in her case.
to keep the conversation going, here are some replies to your replies:)
mania (as I had been taught this spring in the abnormal psych course which by no means make me an expert) doesn't hide to be revealed by the antidepressants. It should be present prior to the beginning of the treatment in order for the person to be dxed as a bipolar. Of course, there is a debate going on about bipolar III diagnosis for people like me who go hypomanic while on meds. this had been discussed recently on PB.
of course, neurontin could be added, or the antidepressant changed to see whether the mania was clearly caused by the specific SSRI.
sar's reaction to prozac might be different from mine, agree. again, I only noticed the similarities and was amazed at the radical shift in diagnosis before and after.
when i said that it will be interfering with therapy i meant that she would be offered therapy geared to clear off thinking, feeling, and behavioral patterns typical for histrionics, bipolars, and borderlines, not anxiety/depressive patterns which are very different.
as far as difficulties with beliefs change while sar is on prozac (not just ANY medication) and behing hypomanic goes, i referred to the general fact that happy people do not change toward moderately happy, because happiness reinforces person's belief that what they beileve is all right. Hypomania makes people refractory to suggestions. were it any other side effect, i wouldn't have uttered that statement in the previous post.
thanks for talking to me, Wendy. hope you are doing alright yourself. yes I was tested for the pancreatic cancer.
best
mila
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