Posted by blueberry1 on January 9, 2007, at 16:10:29
In reply to Re: Bipolar II - it really sucks, posted by Jimmyboy on January 9, 2007, at 9:18:51
The description you gave points fairly strongly in the direction of stimulants. Have you tried Adderall? Have you tried Provigil? Maybe go to remedyfind.com and see how other users have rated their experiences with these. Provigil in particular looks very impressive in the real world, either on its own or often combined with a ssri. In any case, I doubt any antidepressant is going to address your symptoms very well. One exception is wellbutrin, but it is fairly weak finnicky. To take a gamble and go where the odds are best in your favor...stimulants. Having a LOW dose antidepressant onboard with them is a good thing. This according to the doctor's website from Harvard that was suggested on my recent thread asking about stimulants. Check that out.
> Hi Blueberry ,
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> I appreciate you taking the time to answer. Basically my depression is major fatigue/hypersomnia, brain fog, loss of short term memory, absoluteluy zero motivation to do anything or to socialize, and absolutely no emotions whatsoever.
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> But yeas, it has been depression 99.9% of the time, has been pretty much constant and recurring for most of my life. Have had limitd and short lived success on anti-depressants, etc. I have had 1 full blown manic episode about 12 yrs ago ( drug induced - zoloft + yohimbe, + street drugs) and a hypomanic episode 2 years ago. Other than that , no mania, hypomania.
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> Oh yeah, my mother had a severe case of bipolar I , mostly mania.
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> Thanks for any suggestions,
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> JB
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