Posted by Budgie on November 11, 2003, at 14:30:19
Hi everyone.
I've been MIA for a while. Kinda had a bit of a breakdown and had to go to the ER. Nothing terrible (and they did literally nothing at the ER anyway), but it got me to switch doctors finally.
The new diagnosis is BP2, or some variant of the sort. After doing lots of research, it makes a lot of sense, and makes me realize just how blind, conservative, skeptical, and demeaning my old doctor was...
But anyway, I'm on 40mg (sometimes 30 when I feel "overcharged") Parnate and 1mg Klononpin (at least temporarily). We're talking about either Lithium or Lamictal. Anyone have experience with either of these combos?
Is Lithium anywhere near as sedating as Zyprexa? Schoolwork will just not allow me to be a zombie.
Does one work better/worse with MAOIs?
We're thinking that the Parnate (first AD that's ever *really* worked for me) actually played a role in potentiating my crisis. How should this be factored in?
Also should say I've got pretty bad social anxiety, at least when I'm depressed. Does one help with this at all? Is staying on the Klonopin with a mood-stablizer and an AD a good or bad idea?
Thanks for any help. I'll probably end up posting some of these questions again individually at some point.
Thanks,
Budgie
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