Posted by Ritch on April 24, 2002, at 23:18:37
In reply to Can extreme agitation be considered mania?, posted by Cindylou on April 24, 2002, at 21:29:46
> Just wondering -- I've been skeptical of my BPII diagnosis, because I've never had an actual "manic" episode that I hear of ... fast speech, fast thinking, shopping sprees, stuff like that.
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> But I get SO AGITATED I can hardly stand it; I can hardly function.
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> I took Nortriptyline last night and experienced that horrendous agitation today. Now I am exhausted and spent because I had to take more Klonapin than I have ever had to control the agitaiton.
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> I feel like I shouldn't even be home with my toddler, the way I was today.
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> Just curious-- could this BPII diagnosis be correct, even though I don't have "mania" as I hear it defined ... (an online screening test said I wasn't Bipolar because I didn't have these manic episodes. It never brought up the extreme agitation issue.)
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> thanks in advance.
> I guess I've gone downhill considerably since I've been off the Lamictal. I felt so lousy on it, I thought it wasn't working. It must have been keeping me afloat more than I knew.
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> sorry for all my desparate pleas for help. Thanks though for listening.
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> cindy
Hi again Cindy,You could have a primary anxiety disorder and be misdiagnosed. Hey, I have had a bipolar diagnosis for 25 years and my dx has changed three times in the last four years! When I get "hypomanic" I don't burn a ton of money or do stupid things I sweat over for weeks afterwards, either. But, nortrip. helped me, but YMWV. You may just be touchy with TCA's, that's all (norepi meds). You just get too "adrenalized". If you are really stressed-that can make things worse. Forgive me if I have forgotten anything else you have tried, but have you added a low-dose of an SSRI med to your Klonopin (like Celexa/Paxil, etc.)? Just wondering.
Mitch
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