Posted by Ritch on January 30, 2002, at 9:55:33
In reply to Re: Stimulants for Bipolar Disorder? » Krazy Kat, posted by anniebananie on January 30, 2002, at 1:18:19
> I'm about to start taking a small dose of a stimulant & I'm bipolar, but I'm going to be trying it for ADD (which I am not fully convinced that I have). I've been warned to be on the watch for mania. Curious to see what happens because I too find myself able to think more clearly after some kind of stimulant. The other day a friend and I were talking and when I mentioned that I'd never gotten high from cocaine (which I have not done in at least a decade), just focused, she looked at me as though I were from the moon. What happens to you with coffee and other stimulating stuff?
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> > I have noticed that if I smoke moderately (3-4 cigs a day or so), I feel better. I have more energy and my mind is clearer.
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> > Do y'all think this is an indication that a stimulant might help me? I've always been afraid to try one for fear it will make me agitated and irritable (SSRI's do this to me).
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> > Thanks!!
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> > - KKHi, I have got mixed ADHD and bipolarII and never got *high* from amphetamines (tried coke once or twice-not very impressed). They can make me really anxious though. When I tried low-dose Adderall I got very *quiet*. People commented on it at work--"you're very quiet, what's up?". Normally, I am more chatty. I would just go ahead and try it like your pdoc wants and see what happens. Just make sure the dose is LOW.
Mitch
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