Posted by linkadge on March 16, 2006, at 16:57:49
In reply to Re: Never thought I'd hear this..... » linkadge, posted by detroitpistons on March 16, 2006, at 16:09:51
>I'm not convinced of anything one way or the >other at this point. I'm just trying to find out >as much as I can and look at both sides of the >equation.
Thats the right thing to do.
>Could be...I was just throwing that out there to >see what you guys thought. I just get the >feeling that this happens because there is a >very tenuous and fragile balance in my brain.For me, personaly, what I didn't like about the bipolar diagnosis was that the mood stabalizers just left me flat. They were never able to target things like anhedonia, and they never got me feeling back to myself. I think that may be more diagnositc of bipolar, when a mood stabalizer helps the depression too. (but I don't know about that idea)
>That's also entirely reasonable and possible. >Although I seem to get depressed for no apparent >reason. A couple times there's been a trigger, a >couple times not.
I know what you're saying.
>Right now I'm split between unipolar vs bipolar >II. Actually, I'm leaning ever so slightly >towards the BPII simply because there are so >many "soft" signs. For example, antidepressants >worked for me the first time, and then all >subsequent trials more or less failed, the last >one bringing on hypomania. According to a >prominent doctor who specializes in BPII (Dr. >Phelps -- www.psycheducation.org), this would be >a very typical pattern for BPII patients. He is >basing this from his experience with many BPII >patients....
The mania may be more indictive. The fact that a drug poops out - I don't know. Antidepressant poop out is a lot more common that admitted to by doctors. They poop out left and right for unipolar people too. I am personally fairly antidepressant resistant, but there have been quite a few times where my depression actually improved when coming *off* an AD, such as the last time.
>Again, all of this isn't enough to fully >convince me. I sway back and forth between the >two extremes. Only time will tell what the truth >is.
Bingo.
>I agree on the one hand, but on the other hand >I'm impatient to either validate or rule out >this diagnosis. I shouldn't be impatient because >it's not going to change anything, but that's my >stubborn nature I guess.I know what you're saying. I think a lot of us fit into categories of our own. I started feeling better the day I said WTF, who says I have to fit into this category? I personally think that a lot of the recent changes in psychatric thinking are really just a front to try and accomodate the strange, unexpected, and bizzare outcomes that have resulted from their theories. Remember, the drugs came first, the theories to explain their actions second.
If you make med changes slowly (I can never do that myself) it will probably lead to a better outcome in my opinion.
>Thanks for your input, Link. It keeps my views >more balancedNo problem. I wouldn't want you to take just my view anyway.
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