Posted by cole on April 2, 2001, at 17:20:19
In reply to Re: does this answer my question?, posted by loosmrbls on April 2, 2001, at 8:55:47
> Your story is SCREAMING bipolar II. Cyclic depression, ESPECIALLY "anxious" depression is CLASSIC for bipolar II.
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> Antidepressants are destabilizing in bipolar II, which is why you can crash on them, increase the dose, and continue cycling (trust me, I know).
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> I would strongly suggest talking over the diagnosis with your psychiatrist, see if he agrees, and start by adding a mood stabilizer like lithium or depakote.Well, I mentioned such an idea to my doctor several months ago after reading something which tied anxiety and bipolar II into the same category. Her response was "No I don't think you are bipolar, that's why we have the diagnosis of mixed anxiety and depression (MAD). . . besides you don't want to be labeled bipolar."
I see the connections after looking through some of the articles on "soft bipolar" and such, but I don't know what to say. I'll give her a call and see if we can have a phone conference (I'm a few hours away) regarding this increased dosing issue. I'm not resistant to adding a mood stabilizer, so I'll talk it over and see what her ideas are.
cole
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