Posted by sackhoullier on November 10, 2003, at 14:29:10
Hi,
I'm a thirty year old male who has been fighting fires every time I've had a depressed or anxious episode over the past fifteen years. I've only ever been to my GP until recently, but as things have got even harder to handle (big manic episode in August) I'm now seeing a pysch - who has told me that I'm a classic bipolar type II - and that makes sense to me. I normally go a few months feeling healthy and then I'll either spin out with crazed anxiety or downwards with depression. Thing is, I have a pretty intense job (MD of a busy software house), and I'm scared to take anything that is going to sedate me so that I can't perform - however, I can feel a depression coming on and that usually means four weeks hiding from people trying not to curl up into a ball followed by another four feeling sick off SSRI's and not getting any work done anyway. How no one notices is beyond me. What I'd like to know is, what can I expect if I start taking lithium? - Basically, what I'm saying is, I like the idea of being levelled out, but I'm scared of side effects that are going to slow me down and potentially lose me my job.
Thanks for any help. Mark.
poster:sackhoullier
thread:278254
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031105/msgs/278254.html