Posted by Lyrical13 on December 22, 2003, at 18:33:19
In reply to Re: Lamictal for BPII -- Bad Day!, posted by Tony P on December 22, 2003, at 15:12:03
Hi again
I remembered the other thing I was going to mention when I saw your post. My pdoc said that using anti-anxiety meds with BP2 was usually not a good way to go (I'm not sure why..something about them creating more problems even if they seem to help..my big problem with them is that they have a side effect of depression... so when I'm depressed AND anxious I don't know whether to take them or not. Will it just make it worse?)Anyway, he said BP2 can look like depression with generalized anxiety and that a better course of treatment for the anxiety/agitation is an atypical antipsychotic (I'm on Seroquel)
Hope that info helps
Lyrical 13
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