Posted by SLS on October 23, 2013, at 6:31:04
In reply to Re: Bipolar Depression and Antidepressants, posted by Bob on October 22, 2013, at 21:27:15
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> I've had some doctors wonder if I might be BPII but my disease state has always been characterized by depression and that depression has gotten worse over time. I've never felt an antidepressant by the classic drugs for bipolar such as lithium, depakote and other antisiezure meds. To me these drugs only seem useful for tamping down mania or hypomania. At least, that's my personal experience.
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> BobHave you ever had a manic episode or a manic reaction to treatment?
Which "mood stabilizers" have you tried?
What antipsychotics have you tried?
I glean an improvement in my depression from small amounts of lithium: 300 - 450 mg/day. I have the type of bipolar disorder in which I am stuck in depression with the exception of several drug-induced severe manias.
I have learned not to take my personal theories too seriously. For example, I would not take Mirapex just because I think dopamine hypofunction is a component of my illness. On the other hand, I gave prazosin no chance of working at all. The only reason I took this drug was to humor my doctor. I was wrong in my thinking. Once I began to respond to prazosin, I researched it and found a few things that led me to another personal theory involving brain NE alpha-1b receptors.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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