Posted by KarenB on April 12, 2001, at 22:05:23
In reply to amytriptiline, and anger, posted by tina on April 9, 2001, at 8:34:54
Tina,
Increased agitation from an activating AD is a good indicator of Bipolar illness. At least it's a good possibility. You may benefit from a mood stabilizer - I know I have and I was misdiagnosed with unipolar depression for almost two decades. I just thought the irritability was a character flaw or part of the depression, or both. I beat myself up internally for this on a daily basis, thinking I was just an inherantly bad person. Since my moods have been (for the most part) stabilized, my mind doesn't go there anymore.
As I have gotten older, I have less "highs" and more irritable, annoying manic episodes. I am mad at everything and hyper-critical of everything and everyone around me when this happens. Fortunately for those around me, I have, over time, learned to (mostly) keep my mouth shut...and pray a lot.
Let us know how your appt. with pdoc went today. I'm interested to hear what he/she had to say.
Karen
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