Posted by madison88 on September 11, 2002, at 22:58:37
It is now pretty clear to me that i had a few periods of hypomania when i first started on antidepressants and was not taking any mood stabilizers with them. The excited, agitated states were strange to me, i had never had them before. Once i was put on Neurontin and now Gabitril, i haven't had any as near as severe, although sometimes i get a real rush of agitated energy every now and then that doesn't last more than a day. As far as I know, there is no distinction made in the DSM btw a regular hypomanic episode and one that was caused by antidepressants. I have heard that someone was thinking about adding a category for people who like me get manic or hypomanic on antidepressants. Anybody hear anything about this? I really think Drs should be more watchful about these. I thought for a while that i was becoming bipolar and i didn't understand what was going on, b/c my dr kept saying i wasn't.
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