Posted by twinb57 on February 20, 2004, at 20:17:12
In reply to Re: is this depression?????? in need of some input..., posted by jdgjdg on February 20, 2004, at 19:54:51
so what exactly are mixed states? could you please explain to me?
i did ask my doctor about the lexapro possibly causing me to have the psychotic episode. because the psychologist i talked to in the e.r. after i had the whole "skin falling off thing" said i might have had a manic episode.
also, about a week and a half before i had the psychotic or manic episode, my lexapro had been increased from 20mg to 40mg by another doctor. 40mg is an abnormally high dose, and it was taken back down to 20 when i was in the mental hospital.
the only time i feel that i may have had classic manic episodes was when i was in high school. i would pace around my room into early hours of the morning thinking about all these great things i was going to do. these would usually last only one to three hours. i would have these occassionally.
i haven.t had anything like that since high school. only a few times since then, but they never lasted for over a few hours. can manic episodes lie dormant for a few years and then return? or be that brief to be diagnosed as bipolar? is it possible that my psychotic state was a severe manic episode?
i would appreciate your opinion and thoughts on the subject. thank you.
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