Posted by alex01 on December 30, 2002, at 5:34:09
Almost 18 long months ago i took a small amount of dexamphetamine after I was miss diagnosed as ADD. In fact I'm bipolar II have been for many years. Anyway after my one try of dex i had a big over-stimulation / panic attack which has more or less lasted since then. I has changed a bit, it used to come on for a couple of hours and then stop, and then it became less severe but more constant. It is not always panic but a very overstimulated feeling and very uncomfortable.What I am investigating with little success is the possibility of a kindling sort of reaction where the dex did something once and sort of moulded my brain to keep doing it. Is this possible? I had an eeg and it had a small abnormality which led the neurologist to shrug his shoulders. But even if its not a seizure, from what i know it could still have a kindling / sensitization angle to it.
ANY advice gratefully received including and pointers to where i could track down advice on this sort of problem which has proved to be a bit out of the ordinary for the doctors I've been to see.
By the way the two meds which provide some relief have been beta blockers and lithium. Would anti-convulsants be advisable?
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