Posted by amber_spirit on January 27, 2003, at 15:31:31
Up till recently I've been DX major depression. Now I'm DX BP1.
Anyway... I'm on depakote and lamictal. Depakote helped but didn't handle the depression. Lamictal alone seemed to make me too anxious. So, I'm on both. It seems that lately I'll feel good for a while (a few days, a day, part of a day) then suddenly I'm anxious, irritable, depressed. One day I'll think this is wonderful then the next I'm so down - for no reason. Sometimes its even one minute to the next. I'll be having an animated conversation and then in a lull I'll think how miserable I am. I don't know if this is depression getting better/worse, mixed state, rapid cycling or what.
It seems with the lamictal that each time we increase the dose it gets better for a while, I plateau (feeling functional and pretty good) then it starts to go downhill again. Medication or cycling?
Anyway, I'd like any input on what "rapid cycling" means to different people
Thanks, Amber
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