Posted by Squiggles on November 15, 2002, at 21:50:21
In reply to Old people who have BPII, posted by susan C on November 15, 2002, at 12:33:27
I'm oldish--just entered menopause a year ago;
I am old enough to not have been dx'd BP I or II,
as far as i know; just bipolar;I have never felt depressed on Lithium - it's
a great drug; but i have had many complications
from "medical misadventures" -- benzos gave me
a hard time and i almost stayed young on one of
them, the thyroid was affected by the lithium
very early in therapy and had to be reinstated,
i had something like a thyroid storm because the
dose was too high for me. I would say that if
the drugs were better monitored i would have had
no problem at all. Oh, at first i was misdiagnosed
as depressed and given imipramine which really
made me sick.Nevertheless, i managed to continue some of my
university studies, and work most of my life,
marry and work at it for 25 years; do community
work, etc.
I did not get my Ph.d on account of the onset
of bipolar (or was it the Valium withdrawal).Psychiatry is very difficult.
Squiggles
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