Posted by 4WD on January 12, 2006, at 20:07:29
In reply to Re: Depressed/agitated/wired - soft bipolar?, posted by summerflowers on January 12, 2006, at 1:58:26
> > Is there such a thing as a mood stabilizer that will calm anxiety- the hyper wired scared all the time feeling-kind of mania but which doesn't increase depression? I have both at the same time sometimes and sometimes just one or the other.
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> > How can it be possible to be deeply depressed and also agitated, full of nervous energy and running around in circles (figuratively) at the same time? What do you do about it? Is this a "mixed state"? This only happens on SSRIs or SNRIs. Off ADs, I'm just suicidally depressed.
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> > If this is soft bipolar, does it make a difference in treatment if it's med induced?
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> > Marsha Hi Marsha,thats exactly how I feel.Trying to figure it out is confusing.Iv looked around,and soft bipolar was a close match.Tricylics didnt work,and SSRIs made me feel overactive,doing crazy things,but still depressed or something.??????Wish I knew exactly what it is!!Yes-depressed,agitated,wired.Matches so many conditions!!
Saw my pdoc today. He said it sounds like bipolar and I got put on Effexor and Depakote. Which is fine with me. Anything to get rid of this wired, hyper, full of despair and anguish feling.Marsha
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