Posted by francesco on February 2, 2004, at 5:49:28
In reply to Re: newbie on lithium ... please help, posted by rod on February 1, 2004, at 17:30:26
> Why did your doctor prescribed lithium? Because of mania or just as an serotonergic antidepressant?He prescribed me lithium because (I think) he thinks I can be bipolar II rapid cycling or bipolar III (mood swings induced by antidepressants). In the last period antidepressants are making me sick, I can't tolerate them anymore ... I have had some manic episode induced by meds (Paxil) and some hypomaniac episode induced by withdrawal of meds (Anafranil). Since without meds the only syntoms that bore me are short attention span and adhd- like syntoms I'm wondering if I'm doing the right thing in taking psychotropic drugs. Nobody has proved me that I'm ill in any sense of the term, and I don't feel ill as long as I don't take med.
> Who is that doctor who puts you on a different drug every week? Switching meds too often and rapidly causes in most of the cases a big mess in your brain. But I hope you find your way, with what drug ever, or without.
Actually there seem to be a big mess in my brain. I have to say that I am the most culprit of all this mess. I acted like a seeker in the hope to find the right drug the allowed me to study. I have managed to get a PHD taking Anafranil, but after quitting it I was unable to concentrate. Now I feel the pressure, but a consistent part of my brain doesn't want me to take meds anymore, because without meds I have experienced happiness and true feelings for the first time since I was 18 (I'm 28 now). I'm beginning to think that for me meds have created more problems than they had solved. I don't want the right med anymore, I just want to change my life, not by brain chemistry. Sorry for the very big rambling.
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