Posted by MJC on October 17, 2002, at 7:58:25
In reply to Re: Anxiety Disorder -- Please Advise « Krysti, posted by Dr. Bob on October 16, 2002, at 22:56:27
Hey Krysti, yep, that's pretty much how it was for me too. Took me a while to trace my cycle back to realize that I was indeed Bi-Polar. I can't believe that the 8 years that I spent with severe depression didn't click in right away when my anxiety started to be the focus of my daily life.So I've started on Epival (Depakote) last night and hopefully this will help me start feeling better. I'm not too worried about the weight gain since I'm already a large guy. Not fat, more like wide, kind of big everywhere. Therefore I don't think a few extra pounds will even really be noticeable. Will probably be distributed somewhere between my butt and my theighs lol... I feel completely sedated though today, and I've got this weird pain in the left hand side of my gut. Neither one is too severe and I know to expect some s/e's from any medication that I'm taking so I'm going to ride this out for at least a month before even thinking about switching.
The only thing that I don't like about my diagnosis though is that it means that I'm probably going to have to take medications for the rest of my life, right? That's a LONG time for me, I'm only 24 at the moment... But I guess I've lived through worse already, just need to get things back to normal, or as normal as they can be in my case.
Thanks for your feedback
Mike
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