Posted by larry on March 13, 2000, at 20:57:06
In reply to Bipolar Disorder- Easy to Miss, Essential to Treat, posted by Chris A. on March 12, 2000, at 23:07:15
I too become irritable on SSRI's. What mood stabilizer do you use? >
That was a title of an article in a primary care journal.
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> SAD accompanies my bipolar. My first hypomanic episode arrived with the advent of SSRIs following 25 years of recurrent depression. Irritability is the major component of my hypomanias/mania.
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> Everyone is different. Just make sure you have a really good doc. Personally I think it's better to err on the side of using a mood stabilizer than not. I was in denial about the bipolar for years - still don't like it, but definitely need to bring the ends of the mood closer together.
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> Good luck in sorting it out.
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> Chris A.
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