Posted by Jackster on February 6, 2002, at 3:35:36
In reply to Solve this Puzzle, posted by spike4848 on February 3, 2002, at 15:39:13
> How can you tell the difference between severe anxiety disorder and dysphoric mania? Both have irritablity, moodiness, depression, racing thoughts. Both have increased anxiety/irritablity when starting an antidepressant. Both improve with a benzo/neurontin/depakote.
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> Any ideas ...Interesting - my PDoc has just prescribed
Tegretol to augment the Paxil I'm on. (For Panic Disorder) He thinks I could be slightly bi-polar - and that they think that bipolar and panic disorder could be linked.I know (when I'm not on antidepressants) that I have higher highs, and lower lows than the average person, and that I have a volcanic temper - but I've never considered myself bipolar. I've never had manic episodes either. I do have extreme anxiety when starting activating SSRI's (ie. prozac, zoloft). And I had terrible irritability starting clomipramine.
Is it possible to be slightly bipolar? Kind of strikes me as being slightly pregnant! (ie. impossible). Is it possible that tegretol will help my panic disorder?
Thanks
Jackie>
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