Posted by linkadge on March 14, 2006, at 16:15:04
In reply to Re: Never thought I'd hear this..... » detroitpistons, posted by SLS on March 14, 2006, at 13:00:10
I don't agree with the antidepressant induced bipolar diagnosis.
One of the doctors I respect the most, Dr. Manji once said "under the right circumstances, it seems that just about anybody can have a manic episode". The "circumstances" he referrs to are basically drug induced circumstances.
I believe in that statement wholeheartedly. Bipolar is may be due to overactivity in certain regions of the brain, but thats what these drugs do! Antidepressants dose dependantly increase neuronal excitability.
I had been labled as bipolar after a high dose of celexa left me agitated, with insomnia and mood swings.
I didn't believe in that diagnosis because I never had any kind of experience like that prior to the drugs, and havn't since.
I thought it was just basically a patch job diagnosis to fill in the blanks of psychiatry's shortcomings and grey areas.
If too much coffee makes you anxious does that mean that you automatically have an anxiety disorder ? (Well I suppose if caffiene was a prescription drug.)
I've stopped the ADs on my own initiative and have never had anything like what the drugs induced.
Remember, that ordinary (non bipolar animals) can be made to exhibit some of these strange behaviors when subjected to high doses of SS/NRI's
If the lamictal helps, then take it, but I wouldn't jump to conclusions based on what drugs do to you. After all, when you're on an antidepressant, you're on drugs.
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