Posted by Mitch on May 21, 2001, at 10:45:28
In reply to Help, what does this sound like?, posted by loosmrbls on May 21, 2001, at 9:33:33
Just my two cents worth:
1) Celexa can be very destabilizing (setting off cycling) and anxiety-provoking for some people-myself included. You said Prozac didn't help any.
If you take another antidepressant, SSRI's probably shouldn't be considered.2) Depakote can aggravate depression in *some* people. Some people it helps. I didn't have a nice experience with Depakote either. It can make you very tired and hungry. I got bad tremor from it and had to stop it.
3) Just because you stopped taking everything doesn't mean everything is going to be ok. When you first come off of some meds you will feel temporarily quite better.
Your doc said you had double-depression. So obviously you are mildly bummed out chronically, and then have periodic major depressions, then if you are given AD's you get hypomanic, right?
Are these major depressive episodes frequent or fairly predictable?My suggestion would be to find a different mood stabilizer (no AD's) that seems to work for you-maybe some Neurontin or Lamictal?, then see how your major depressive episodes are affected. I have rapid-cycling bipolar II (but only get hypomanic when I am taking an AD), then recurrent major depressions (two a year). I don't know-I am considering maybe getting *shocked* (ECT) twice a year right before they usually strike and forgo the antidpressants.
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