Posted by Beca on April 4, 2001, at 11:51:50
In reply to Re: question about depakote, posted by safira on April 3, 2001, at 23:44:25
Hi Safira,
In regards to personilty changes I will describe to you a typical manic phase to you for me. It starts out with no sleep, then I get anxious and full of energy, Which leads in to and inability to not being able to stop my self from stopping to do things, even small things. Then my mood changes I get angry but at the same time euphoric. I get rapid speech and I feel that I feel that I have to talk all the time, which is unuasual for me because I am usually a more quiet person. My speech also gets louder. My libido increases which sometimes makes me very promiscuous which is also very unlike me. I also get very child-like and playful. With some manic episodes I get psychotic and out of touch with reality. I get commanding voices and delusions.
For your sake I too hope you don't inherit bipolar disorder, but at the least if you did you would have an excellent working knowledge of the illness. The do say that it does start with a depressive episode before the manic and usually the manic phase happens before your late 20s, so if your past this stage in your life you may be lucky.
Hope some of this info is helpful, Rebecca
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