Posted by ayuda on November 22, 2002, at 16:31:22
In reply to Re: So what's the scoop on anxiety and Lexapro? » ayuda, posted by Mr.Scott on November 22, 2002, at 11:01:46
> Individual differences are truly amazing with these drugs... Everyone has a totally different response...
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> Regarding Bipolar. I'm Type II which means I'm mostly depressed and occassionally hypomanic or very happy & excited considering I may have been morbidly depressed the day before, but nothing crazy on the manic side. I agree that it is usually treated differently. No one sees or addressss my hypomanias, and then they get mad at me because the AD's don't work for some reason?!?!?
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> ScottNo offense to any of the MD's who may be reading these postings, but not every doctor could graduate at the top of their class, I guess. Some of them are very good scientists and researchers, but they don't treat us as whole human beings. Also, they get so darned concerned with our "low" feelings, they don't understand that we can't handle any extremes, that all of them are dangerous.
I just got back from seeing the doctor today. First it was the medical doctor, just to get a renewal of my Allegra-D. It seems that my blood pressure is elevated, so I am on Allegra w/out the D until it comes down. The increase in anxiety didn't help.
So I went to see the shrink on an emergency basis, and she wants me to increase the Effexor and taper more slowly, keep taking 10 mg of the Lexapro, and as was suggested to me the other day, she gave me an Rx for Trazodone. There's a part of me that wonders if I am being medicated in a circle -- if I go off all the meds, I'll feel exactly the same as being on all of them.
Why can't I just have a normal psychiatric problem? (That's a joke, just in case anyone can't tell).
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