Posted by judy1 on September 6, 2002, at 19:30:47
In reply to The causes of things, posted by Squiggles on September 6, 2002, at 7:01:18
I couldn't agree more with IsoM's assessment- the withdrawal of psychotropic drugs mimics just about every illness in the DSM. I also hope you weren't hurt about Zyprexa's responses, I posted on Admin- I felt they were totally inappropriate. May I ask why you hesitate to taper off of lithium? If done very slowly you should have few if no side-effects (been there, done that). I have a very supportive pdoc who is allowing me to taper off my meds (probably will keep klonopin- I do have a serious panic disorder), but I am also going heavy on therapy. Most drugs that treat bipolar are actually treating manic symptoms- so any 'normal' person would feel slowed down, basically have the same responses that a person with bipolar disorder has. hope this helped- judy
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