Posted by Ron Hill on March 10, 2002, at 12:00:28
In reply to Bi-polar- Just finished First 7days on Effexor XR » Ron Hill, posted by Scott Hendrix on March 9, 2002, at 21:16:25
> I called my Primary Care doctor yesterday and left a message, he has yet to return my call. I told him I wanted to go back on the Prozac that he took me off of 7-8 days ago, because he said it would help me wake up and lower my anxiety so he could take me off xanax and prozac with one drug (Effexor).
My opinion: Your Primary Care doctor is in over his head. Find a good pdoc. If it cost extra money to see a pdoc, spend it!
>Any suggestions? By the way I am Mixed Bi-polar or Bi-polar II. I have tried lithium, and it doesn't work for me, metalic tastes, flat mood, no emotions, zoobie type attitude. I have heard about the other bi-polar meds, but my main problem is deppression not the mania as much just anxiety. I keep asking my doctor for Ambiem to help me with my sleeping patter, which really is my only problem when taking prozac and xanax. He for some reason doesn't want to prescribe Ambiem, He just wants to keep changing my meds that work for everything but sleeping too much. What are everyones thoughts.
My opinions: How do you know that you are bipolar? Did the primary care doctor give a bipolar dx? If indeed you are bipolar then you need to get on a mood stabilizer first and foremost. I personally have never heard of treating a bipolar patient successfully with an antidepressant without also using a mood stabilizer. If Li doesn't work for you then try the AEDs (Depakote, Lamictal, etc).
-- Ron
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