Posted by Saltmarsh Rose on June 29, 2003, at 10:39:35
In reply to Cyclothymia/BPll? Avoidant Personality/SAD ( long, posted by Saltmarsh Rose on June 28, 2003, at 14:20:36
Fallsfall & Penny: Thank you both for your thoughts, suggestions...
I've been on lithium for a long time, 16 years. It has basically stopped the physical wierdness that went with my (only hypomanic) highs, like racing thoughts and grinding stomach, and the edgy irritability. I still go through spendathons though..can't hold on to a buck.
My other meds have *somewhat* helped the depression & anxiety: lamictal and gabapebtin. I was hospitalized recently and have been on trazodone which every so often makes me go off the scale...is it a mixed state? Two-stepping in the Shaw's market, happy, giddy, sillines. It doesn't last long though. I like it because its the way I used to get back in the day (pre-Li) before doing really dumb things, like drive around town with vodka tonics to settle my nerves.
I'm going to ask my psychologist about the test results. I can see him only a few more visits and then I need to get reauthorized - close to the yearly visit limit on insurance.
I used two different sites, one for NYU psychiatric; they both pointed to Avoidant.I also am going to make myself go to a support group similar to the one described in DBSA: http://www.dbsalliance.org/
Now that I think about this, support groups can be helpful with the Social Anxiety stuff;there are also speakers sometimes.Thank you again,
Rose
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