Posted by JohnX2 on January 19, 2002, at 23:01:42
In reply to How can I be depressed on an antidepressant?, posted by Krazy Kat on January 17, 2002, at 18:59:03
Krazy,The bipolar mind is an elecrical storm.
It needs a stabilizer. Either an anti-psychotic
like zyprexa or a membrane stablizer like
Lamictal or Depakote. That's our game.Stand alone AD's introduced into the electrical
storm may just add to the chaos. The storm
needs to be neuralized before an AD can be
"sneaked" into the back door as my pdoc puts
it. I firmly believe in this philosophy after
having failed experiences with both positive anti-depressant
responses that pooped out and also anti-depressants
making depression worse. Its just going to be
a wild card unless your bipolar is realllllly
mild or you are misdiagnosed as bipolar.The mood stabilizers have always been my
successfull game and it took a long painful
journey to figure this out. I'm bp type II.good luck.
john
> I'm Bipolar - just stopped Depakote and am now on Prozac 50 mg, and occassionally Neurontin. The strange thing is that instead of getting manic, I'm falling deeper and deeper into a depression.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts re: this? I'm trying to avoid another stabilizer or antipsychotic since I want to get pregnant, but I may not be able to avoid it at this rate.
>
> - KK
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