Posted by Behavioral Control on September 6, 2002, at 20:45:00
In reply to The causes of things, posted by Squiggles on September 6, 2002, at 7:01:18
> I may never know. It's been about 20 yrs
> since i've been dx'd BP. It was sudden and
> during grduate studies stress. The thing is,
> I had been taking Valium erratically for
> jitters at exams and such; I was not watching
> the dose so much or the time, or if I tried
> to stop suddenly - it was a popular drug then
> and I think my dr. just gave it to me as needed;
>
> It has been suggested to me that what presented
> as bipolar symptoms was infact withdrawal from
> Valium. I just don't know how to tell if this
> is true or false, but it certainly suggests
> that I may have just been taking all these
> meds for so long, and have gone through so many
> iatrogenic misadventures, for nothing. That,
> infact - the severe depression, anxiety, insomnia,
> rapid switch of one idea to another, anxiety
> attacks, all over a period of about a year,
> and ultimate breakdown - were all the result
> of withdrawal. It's conceivable.
>
>
> I am trying to find a criterion to know. Part of
> the problem is I cannot stop the drugs now because
> I have been taking them too long (e.g. Klonopin
> w/d almost killed me and I had to reinstate);
> and there is no way my dr. wants me off lithium
> (esp. with the Synthroid balance at stake).
>
> So, I was trying to think of a way to know;
> for example, whether a normal person taking
> lithium would feel the same way a bipolar one
> would - or at least during a Valium withdrawal
> (hypothetical), and then just get used to the
> drug;
>
> If you have any medical detective experience
> or suggestions, please let me know. It's something
> of a puzzle to me. I suppose at the end of the day
> it may not matter - what the cause was, if I am stable now,
>
> Thanks
>
> Squiggles
>squiggles, what i really think Zyprexa Numb Tongue was telling you is that he thinks you have creme doughnut filling for a brain. Maybe an AP would help.
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