Posted by McPac on June 21, 2003, at 23:40:07
In reply to Re: Ritch, Re: advanced biochemistry models of BP » McPac, posted by Ritch on June 21, 2003, at 18:13:03
"I think that TAKING the wrong antidepressants or the wrong dosage of AD's is what *caused* the mixed episodes."
>>>>>>Ritch, 2 questions please:
1) Did the wrong anti-depressants cause the dysphoria (rage/anger) even WHILE you were on a mood stabilizer?
2) Was the dysphoric rage/anger CONSTANT or did it come and go while you were on the wrong anti-depressant? p.s. I've been trying to figure this out for so long Ritch...I know that I'm having this same problem---the WRONG AD's causing dysphoric anger...I KNOW IT! But there is a huge problem in my case. I NEED to take an AD for ocd and the choices for effective relief are few and far between. SSRI's are first-line defense...I take Zoloft...it WORKS for the ocd but causes the dysphoric anger! I used to take Anafranil...it worked too but different TERRIBLE s/e's. I tried Remeron but felt the anger thing on that as well (is it a serotonin thing or what that causes that rage crap????). So, anyway, all I CAN do is take the WRONG AD's and hope that my lithium can keep the anger at bay. The Li gives me terrible diarrhea (just like you said), I can't take much at all. But I *THINK* that if I can increase my Li doseage a bit that it might be able to 'overpower' the WRONG AD and keep the anger even better away. So, in effect, I'm really trying to use the Li to negate the wrong AD. Make sense to you? One more thing, FiberCon works very well for diarrhea (bottle makes it sound like a laxative but it works for BOTH constipation AND diarrhea (kinda like Li works for both highs/lows....it does work good). Thanks!!!
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