Posted by fluffy on October 31, 2002, at 14:24:06
In reply to Re: Recognizing / Treating Cyclothymia, posted by fluffy on October 26, 2002, at 16:53:11
Thanks you guys.
I went away on a vacation to de-stress. (which kinda didn't work)
I called my doc this morning to make an appointment after another sleepless night. He wants to put me on a mood stabilizer and told me to STOP taking the Lexapro. It feels a little relieving already. I have been wondering for awhile now why I needed to achieve so much all of the time--thinking that I was just competative and a workaholic. It wasn't until depression and anxiety kept flooring me every couple of years that I had to wonder what was really happening. I just found out that my aunt is on a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant as well (gabepantin and zoloft). Maybe it isn't just a weird personality fluke after all.It has been so difficult to detect what the real problem is because of a history of abuse in my family...is it because of the abuse? Or did mental illness cause abusive patterns? My therapist has been trying to help me untwist all of this--god love him. It's quite the puzzle.
I'll keep you posted. And again--THANKS! I don't feel so abnormal now.
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