Posted by Ritch on April 25, 2002, at 12:30:04
In reply to Bipolar Dexamphetamine reaction - kindling?, posted by alex01 on April 25, 2002, at 6:30:24
> Hi
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> seeking advice on my reaction to a tiny dose of dexamphetamine taken 8 months ago. A couple of pdocs have described me as biploar 2, up and down but not psychotic. Before this one doc thought i had ADD and I tried a small dose of dex. I had an enormous rush and my head "filled up" or was very energised and aroused. It wasnt a panic attack, although i was scared, I couldn't think, and my vision went funny, things seemed to be moving (but not really halucinating). I didn't have racing thoughts (as i used to have when agitated) I had no thoughts just an overwhelming tense, blank, hyper arounsed feeling. I felt very distant from the world. It hasnt stopped my getting a bit hyper here and there but has blocked off all depression that I used to have although it is still pretty scary.
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> Anyway, problem is that after 8 months and no more dex, I am still getting that reaction a couple of times a day, although the rushes are less scary, just very uncomfortable.
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> I have tried Zyprexa, Epilim and beta blockers. The beta blockers have been the best but perhaps thay only make me less scared.
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> I went to a neurologist who said he had heard of this happening to someone who took dex and it took a year to go away. My eeg scan came up as abnormal which made him think that it could be seizure activty, but given that i tried epilim and it didnt work that it probably wasnt.
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> Desperate for any advice or if anyone has heard of something like this. I have seen people refer to kindling and thought maybe it was something like that.
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> any advice eagerly received.
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> Alex
Hi Alex,I think I remember your original posts about that. It sounds like a derealization or depersonalization disorder, just a hunch. There are some meds that have had success with that which you might try: Zoloft, Lamictal, Klonopin, Topamax. If you *have* an abnormal EEG, you probably should get it investigated a little more thoroughly. If you have taken just one anticonvulsant and it didn't work-that doesn't mean a whole lot. There are people that have quite observable-obvious seizures that only *certain* anticonvulsants work properly for them.
hope this helps,
Mitch
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