Posted by obichoc on November 22, 2003, at 5:24:37
In reply to Re: Morning Depression - What worked well for me, posted by Clayton on October 31, 2003, at 14:44:37
I'm reading this thread and not seeing anything of how agitated depression may be the one and only symptom of several possible symptoms which may manifest itself in BPII. AD's for a BPII diagnosis are reportedly a no-no at the start of treatment becasue of the risk of INCREASING agitation; and logically may not be the best treatment if agitated depression is present as a symptom of undiagnosed BPII. For agitated depression as part of a BPII diagnosis, mood stabilizers such as Lamotrigine are apparently the treatment of choice. I'm new to this diagnosis (BPII manifesting as agitated depression) and am finding relief with Lamictal (lamotrigene) but as I write I'm dealing with considerable withdrawl symptoms from tapering on effexor which causes agitation apart from the BPII agitation. So the jury is out as to whether Lamictal is the answer for me, but I'm hopeful because when I hold on tapering of effexor for a bit and lessen that related agitation, I'm feeling much better..normal I'd say! I'm also 1 mg. klonopin and may taper on that after being off effexor for a while a. See more on this at: psychoeducation.org.
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