Posted by loosmrbls on June 1, 2001, at 8:13:59
In reply to Re: Tired of chronic BP II misery mitch » loosmrbls, posted by Mitch on June 1, 2001, at 0:11:22
My experience has been the same. I think all the SSRI's (or for that case, antidepressants) set off dysphoria, or I prefer "dysregulation." It is totally independant of "starting mania" or "starting cycling." I just know that every antidepressant I have been on (even those reknown for not staring mania) sparks off irritability, anger, rage, and dysphoria mixing together in various patterns at random times at rates. These have been the times my suicidality have been the worst.
This is ironic, because every article I have read, even those dealing with "personality disorders" that treat symptoms and not diseases (eg "anger" instead of "depression") list SSRI's as the first choice for mood stabilization. I know in my case the exact opposite is true. And I know it is not "mania" being unmasked, becasue within a day of being on an AD I become a short-tempered, irritable prick, and it takes significant doses of Klonopin to mask it.
But there's the dilemma, much like yours. Every time I've been completely off AD's, I slump into a dark, black, withdrawn, depression where I become a stone, cold and immobile.Not sure what to do. I don't want to chronically be doped up on benzodiazepines, but scared to be off antidepressants.
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