Posted by Peter on August 10, 2003, at 7:12:04
In reply to Re: advice, please-pdoc trouble, posted by lesliekay on August 7, 2003, at 5:15:12
Hi everyone:
Well, it looks like it might be med startup time again.
After a few weeks of tapering everything, I've been down to 10mg strattera during the day, and 2mg klonopin,15mg temazepam, and 25mg trazadone at bedtime.
My opinions of the adderall have changed; As my body/mind have been reaching more of a state of equilibrium, I've been finding that I feel much less socially withdrawn and numb to my surroundings than when I was taking adderall.
My agitation has gotten much lower, and everything seemed to be going ok - until last night. I had a long period of feeling 'overly-charged-up' and excessively energetic. I'm a musican, and I found that I was going nuts playing the piano, joking, and singing for hours. That sounds fun, but it got to a point where I felt out-of control and overwhelmed by all the energy. Within a few hours, my mood seemed to switch to one of irritability and lowness.
Obviously this sounds like a classic 'hypomanic' or even 'manic' episode. My pdoc of 7 years has always told me that though I have a comorbid disoI'm tapered down to almost nothing and I had this 'episode,' I'm beginning to think that he's right, as now I do see signs of manic-like behaviour.
I was getting pretty psyched that finally I'm on so few meds, but, if my bipolar disorder is progressive and dangerous, I by all means am willing to start up a mood stabilizer again (though I've tried every anticonvulsant mood stabilizer AND Lithium in the past, and they all had wierd effects on me.
Since my pdoc now claims I have a mixed-mood combined with some ADHD symptomology, I'm wondering if a med like Wellbutrin would be better for me than another 'mood stabilizer.' I've tried Wellbutrin in the past, but only for a few eeks, and it agitated me so we did away with it. I was also on a load of other meds. Perhaps now it would be different.
I'm also thinking of trying lithium again, in spite of my fears of losing track of my hydration and salt intake and experiencing lithium toxicity. But when I tried it, again I was on a load of other meds and I started getting a bit of a tremor within the first week, so the doc said I might as well stop taking it. Might be different now.
Anyway, sorry - just felt like venting. Thanks,
Peter
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