Posted by Mr Cushing on December 7, 2002, at 12:08:42
In reply to Re: Is there ever a normal after a BP diagnosis?, posted by pork chop on December 7, 2002, at 9:51:54
Hey, PC, thought this might interest you. When I went off of my AD (Effexor) after trying to get stabilized on my MS (Depakote), my depression came back hard almost immediately. When I brought this up with my PDoc and my MD, my MD said that I should have never quit taking the AD in the first place and that, with my condition, I should probably try to find the right AD that I can take long term. My PDoc simply told me that she knew that if she had told me to do something, for example, "Not to quit Effexor" after I had already decided I was going to, it wouldn't have made a difference. So now I'm on a very low dose of Celexa (20mg) which they think should be able to hold me long term. Both Docs think that the only increase in my AD that I might have to make over the long term is to increase it to 30mg per day. The other changes should be to increase my MS.When my AD was taken out, jeez, I was going between either being sad to just being PO'd to being sad to being PO'd back to being sad, etc. Just kept going like that. I lost almost all motivation and to even get up and get dressed was getting harder to do (still is actually but it's only been 5 days). Then once the suicidal thoughts hit (Death could be so much better than what I was currently going through) I decided that I needed to book an immediate app't with my PDoc and got put back on an AD.
So, just watch it... if you notice your mood dropping too low, bring it up with your Doc.
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