Posted by tina on April 16, 2001, at 21:11:43
In reply to Re: amytriptiline, and anger » tina, posted by KarenB on April 12, 2001, at 22:05:23
Pdoc appointment was a bust. She gave me Buspar. Apparently the worlds' most expensive placebo according to most people including the pharmacist that filled the prescription.
I'll let you know how that goes. Right now, all i can say is it's giving me unbelievable headaches.
Tina
> Tina,
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> Increased agitation from an activating AD is a good indicator of Bipolar illness. At least it's a good possibility. You may benefit from a mood stabilizer - I know I have and I was misdiagnosed with unipolar depression for almost two decades. I just thought the irritability was a character flaw or part of the depression, or both. I beat myself up internally for this on a daily basis, thinking I was just an inherantly bad person. Since my moods have been (for the most part) stabilized, my mind doesn't go there anymore.
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> As I have gotten older, I have less "highs" and more irritable, annoying manic episodes. I am mad at everything and hyper-critical of everything and everyone around me when this happens. Fortunately for those around me, I have, over time, learned to (mostly) keep my mouth shut...and pray a lot.
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> Let us know how your appt. with pdoc went today. I'm interested to hear what he/she had to say.
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> Karen
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