Posted by bleauberry on November 21, 2007, at 22:05:57
In reply to Re: Dopaminergics: Hazardous in long term? » Mishal, posted by rvanson on November 21, 2007, at 18:56:11
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> Only time will tell if this med is the correct one to fight adhedonia as soon I will find out for myself :-)
>Me too.
Back to the post. Is it hypomania? Or is it a med working really good and it feels so great to be alive? Is the energy and lack of sleep a side effect? I don't know the answers. If one were to look at symptoms of hypomania, they are all present. But some people have a hypomanic type personality all their lives. They key, as someone said, is control.
For control, maybe consider taking something to tone it down a bit. A tiny bit of an SSRI? A little bit of lithium? A little bit of depakote? Lunesta or some other sleep med for nights? Maybe even a tiny dose of zyprexa or seroquel?
The kind of energy you are burning will lead to problems. For one, your adrenal glands will become exhausted. When that happens, it takes a very long time, strick diets, strick lifestyles, trials of different herbs and adrenal extracts, and sometimes even hydrocortisone replacement. When the adrenals burn out, the resulting low cortisol results in numerous bodily breakdowns, including poor nutritional absorption, haywire immune system, gut fungal and virus overgrowth, food intolerances, anxiety, depression, on an on.
So whether it is hypomania or not doesn't really matter as I see it. What does matter is that your body is not accustomed to the kind of energy it expending, and probably never will be, which means you are withdrawing funds from your savings account at a rapid rate. That's why I say finding a way to tone things down and yet keep a fair portion of the anti-anhedonia effect would be wise, so as to never burn out either physically or mentally. The mind and body need lots of rest every night, most especially when in a state that could be seen as hypomania, whether it actually is not.
If it is hypomania, you will deny it at this point. That is classic hypomania. The problem with hypomania is that it never ever lasts, for anyone. It will escalate to fullblown mania, or fall to pieces to deep depression. The resulting efforts at treating the battle damage will be much harder than you've ever dealt with before.
Honestly, hard to tell over the net, it doesn't sound like hypomania to me. A combo of some dopaminergic stuff, noradrenergic stuff, and just feeling darn good after feeling like crap for so long. But it needs to be in fair portion, tamed down, controlled, and not allowed to upset a normal bodily daily cycle. Figure out a way to get your life closer to normal rather than better than normal.
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