Posted by Chloe on June 19, 2002, at 21:00:18
In reply to Kat and 3 Beers - here are my symptoms, posted by rainbowlight on June 18, 2002, at 18:06:07
> Thanks for all your input. Here are my symptoms that you asked for, thought you guys might be able to make heads or tails of them. I have been diagnosed as Bipolar II. I have never had full blown mania (except when I quit Celexa cold turkey - BAD move!)I have had 2 horrible long lasting depressions (over a year) where I needed AD's to pull me out. My moods change very quickly when unmedicated. Without meds I am very impatient, agitated, nervous, hyper and anxious for the majority of the time. I now take Lamictal, Remeron and Risperdal. My moods still swing quite a bit. The depression is less. The anxiety/hyperness/unable to sit still are still there, in full force. I have been trying every AD possible to address the anxiety/agitation, the only thing that helps a little is small doses of Zoloft. I just went through trials of Wellbutrin (horrible, it was like a BAD case of the stomach flu, only lasted a week on it) and Effexor (HORRIBLE agitation, couldn't sit still at all, horrible anxiety, again only lasted a week on it). I can barely ever sit still, you practically have to chain me down to watch a movie. It seems I am going at full speed, yet getting nothing done at all. Does any of this make sense? I am reading "Driven to Distraction" and I fit all 20 symptoms for ADD. I can relate to so many things in the book.
Rainbow,
Sorry to intrude. I just wonder if some of your "barely ever being able to sit still," could be a med side effect. Rispiradol, an atypical AP can sometimes cause akathesia, the inability to sit still...
Just a thought, you might want to mention this uncomfortable feeling to your pdoc
Chloe
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