Posted by clint878 on November 4, 2006, at 21:06:50
In reply to Re: Best way of killing myself, posted by FrequentFryer on November 4, 2006, at 18:51:39
The fact that these antidepressants "poop out" all the time strongly hints at bipolarity, as well as your uncle's diagnosis.
Take a look at http://www.psycheducation.org/depression/STEPBipolarityIndex.htm, an index from Harvard used to test for a bipolar diagnosis. Just from what I hear here, you probably have about 40 points on that scale, and if you were young when you first became depressed, the score is probably higher.
Also, lithium alone is not that useful when depression is the primary symptom. Lamictal, Symbayx, or Seroquel are the best for bipolar depression, although I would never take the latter two as they are too risky.
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