Posted by bob on February 8, 2002, at 12:11:08
In reply to Re: Luvox and aggressiveness, posted by Jackster on February 8, 2002, at 0:21:33
> Actually, thats a sign of bipolarism...SSRIs making you aggressive and angry.
Well, the thing is, not all of them do that. Celexa, Paxil definitely did not make me angry at any dose... just tired. I took Zoloft a long time ago, but I don't remember it doing that either. Prozac made me panicky and anxious, and Luvox seems to be doing the same at LOW doses. On the higher doses, I start to sleep all the time.Irritability and anger as a form of mania is, I think, not fully accepted as a form of mania by the professional psychiatric community. I have asked more than one doctor whether they have felt that bouts of irritability and anger could be a sign of bipolar, and they always seem to disagree. I think they tend to stick to the traditional view of mania as a euphoric, hyper experience.
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