Posted by HappyGirl on August 1, 2004, at 9:34:51
In reply to Re: bipolar II suspicions- please help? » HappyGirl, posted by cpallen79 on August 1, 2004, at 3:03:49
Hi:
As for 'Hypomanic' goes, .... it's quite tricky,... at least at the beginning of Bp dxed. In my case, I did NOT have any of 'Hypomanic' symptoms, just 'depressive' feelings I suffered plentifully. However, my depression did NOT go away even anti-dep. therapy. Then, my former pdoc. put me on Depakote which alleviated my depression tremendously. After about one and a half years later, my 'hypomanic' started to surface so distincly that I could feel my 'hyper' feelings, such as 'giggling' for nothing and 'kicking around' the house, and other 'non-threating-hyper' activities.However, in reading/hearing, those 'hypomanic' episodes have various form of 'hyper' episodes. Only the pdoc. is able to dx., due to 'personal' experience along with his/her background to look at. Some has 'hyper-talker,' 'hyper-sexuality,' 'over-productivity' with little sleep and much more to look at. Also, sometime those 'hyper' are mixed with 'rage' ... so to speak 'dysphoric manic.' However, I did NOT have 'dysphoric manic' until two-three after dxed with Bp II. For this, Zyprexa made 'miracle' on this part of 'manic' episode.
In my case, the only way I found having Bp II was after Depakote therapy. However, the Depakote alone was not able to handle all of my Bp symptoms. Afterwards, I needed to switch a more experienced and competent pdoc., the current one who was capable to 'pin-point' my Bp so well that he rxed more potent med., such as 'Zyprexa' along with other meds. Currently, my mix is 4 different meds. to get by without any noticeable episodes.
H.G.
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