Posted by RocketMan on December 6, 2009, at 19:08:12
In reply to Re: Interested in Nortriptyline, posted by morganator on December 6, 2009, at 18:51:37
> Thanks Rick good luck to you also. So are you bipolar??? Did you go undiagnosed for a long time and look back and realize that it all made sense?
I have all the typical earmarks for bipolar 2 although my p/doc is the type not to "label". He prefers the term "mood disorder" as treatment strategies can be similar, whether bipolar or atypical depression. At least that what he tells me?? But yes, not until I started doing my own research on the internet did it all make sense. My mood fits quite nicely into the bipolar spectrum, soft, 2 or nos. Prior to that, in my mind, I was just an irritable person with depression?
> The first time I was on an antidepressant I took Prozac. I realize now that I was having a fairly mild to moderate mixed episode. It was amazing though, after 3 weeks I woke up one day, took that little pill, and felt the best I had felt in years. I did have some hypomania, especially in the beginning. For the most part though, Prozac worked very very well. I miss those days and would love to feel good like that again. I was 22 years old so I understand that has much to do with it. Though, just 2 and a half years ago I was going to the gym and feeling great with good energy and stamina. I think the combination of being a few years older with everything I've been through has really left me feeling like a pile of you know what.
Quite similar to my experience 9 years ago when I first started zoloft. I was a raging lunatic for a week, then I felt like god....quite the narcissist! Long gone are my days of pumping iron at the gym, protein shakes, having that ripped body and feeling like the world was there for the taking!
Geez, now I'm starting to feel really depressed :-(
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