Posted by olysi79 on October 3, 2004, at 14:02:55
In reply to Soft Bipolar anyone?, posted by karaS on October 1, 2004, at 11:52:31
Hi there, I have soft bipoalr as well... I'm kind of a hornets nest because I also have OCD and anxiety problems... soem SSRIS make me more manic than others, the current one I'm on especially. We've adde din a mood stabilizer to help.
> I saw my doctor yesterday and he suggested the possibility that I may be "soft bipolar". He made this suggestion because I have different sleep problems (cycles?). Sometimes I can sleep forever and then other times I find it hard to sleep at all. The latter may just be stress and/or RLS related but he's not sure and neither am I.
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> Anyway, he gave me Cymbalta samples to start on because I had told him I wanted to try it and it's a good match for me in other ways. Then he said that if I have a partial or no response that I should consider adding either lithium, Lamictal or Abilify.
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> Those of you out there who are taking Lamictal or Abilify, do you have the "soft bipolar" diagnosis? I know from this board that a lot of people are on, or at least have tried, one of these medications. I'm wondering if you've had much success with either of them.
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> Those of you who do not fit into any of the standard bipolar categories who have tried lithium, has this helped you? Did you gain weight?
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> Thanks,
> Kara
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