Posted by sedona on July 23, 2005, at 21:50:00
In reply to Re: does this sound like bipolar disorder? medications, posted by spriggy on July 22, 2005, at 21:06:01
Thank you for responding. My family has a history of depression and anxiety disorders, but not bipolar disorder as far as I know. When I think back I can remember a few times when I felt slightly euphoric and overly confident for a week or two, however it usually happened in the spring and since I also have seasonal affective disorder I thought of it as nothing more than "spring fever". Since taking medications I go from feeling fairly good to being severly depressed.More depressed than I felt before taking AD's. Although strangely I have never been euphoric on AD's, but have definitely been dysphoric on them. I know that many bipolar people don't get euphoric and that has been my argument with him - that I don't have to be manic in the classical sense to be bipolar. He does let me try drugs as I please. In fact I was the one who insisted on trying some of the anticonvulsants and antipsychotics because I felt I needed something to stabilize me. He just doesn't think I am bipolar and would probably prefer I try yet another AD. Frankly, I think they have done more harm than good for me.
> Do you have a family history? Did you experience any of these patterns in your moods prior to the medications?
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> The meds made me worse and made my doctor think that I *was* bipolar while I kept thinking, " but I never was like this before." sounds like you have the opposite problem.
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> I know certain meds can do strange things to certain people so it would be hard to say if you are bp or the meds have created these mood swings.
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> I do know you can have bp and not have the euphoric manic type and instead have the horrible anxiety/agitation dysphoric type. Maybe your doctor should consider that.
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> I don't know if you are bp or not but if you still feel this way, I would recommend seeing a new doctor if yours will not listen and help you figure it out.
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> Good luck and I'msorry you feel this way. I know how awful it is.
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> (((((hugs))))
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