Posted by Ritch on February 18, 2003, at 9:09:24
In reply to confused and fed-up..again.., posted by Peter on February 17, 2003, at 22:20:25
Peter, you mentioned.. I'm just so sick of it-my current pdoc believes that I have a certain level of bipolarity that, though not 'severe', is very hard to treat because there are so many comorbid symptoms. That's my situation pretty much in a nutshell. I would agree with Ron about the stims. I've been on several and tried the "keep a mood stabilizer and add the stim to treat both ADHD/bipolar" and it didn't work well because of the anxiety (not hypomania). You already know that the Adderall is making your anxiety worse. I agree with Phil about the MAOI, but that would mean stopping the Adderall. It does seem that your pdoc is using the Adderall to keep you off street drugs with it, and considers that a primary reason to maintain it despite your anxiety. You mentioned being on heroin before. If you relapsed and tried it on an MAOI, it could be fatal. Just a hunch, but I think that is what your pdoc is wondering.
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