Posted by Ritch on June 8, 2003, at 10:29:39
In reply to Re: judy,Re: Bipolars---would you go nuts if your mood » Ritch, posted by judy1 on June 7, 2003, at 19:16:23
> Ritch,
> I also have panic disorder and while I understand klonopin can be depressing, xanax has proven to work better for me and have somewhat of an AD effect. have you tried that instead? do you also have what my pdoc calls the 'manic-panic' syndrome?
> take care, judy>do you have bipolar 1 or 2 disorder? I have bp1 and manic episodes are much more prevalent than depressive for me, although I also am pretty seasonal- May is a very happy month for me:-)- judy
Hi Judy, yes manic-panic syndrome, that's it! Yes, it is BP-II with recurrent seasonal major atypical depressions. Rapid cycling (every 20 days). April, May, and October are my *high* months for sure. Last month I got pretty wired up, that's dying off real fast now. I was very amazed yesterday at how "quiet" my head was, practically zero anxiety. No depression... yet. I'm one of those DME types at two different levels (at the 20 day level, and at the seasonal level). After a high, I don't crash, I level out for quite awhile and then plummet suddenly. Xanax, I was given that a long time ago when I flew for the first time. It worked remarkably well for a few hours (situational things). It just has too short a half-life. I think Ativan has about 12 hr. half-life, and is more liver friendly than clonazepam and a little more AD effect to boot. All I know is, if I go up to 1.0mg of K. for more than a day or two it will make me more depressed. thanks for responding!
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