Posted by cpallen79 on August 1, 2004, at 12:21:50
In reply to Re: bipolar II suspicions- please help?//Hypomanic, posted by HappyGirl on August 1, 2004, at 9:34:51
Hi HP,
this all definetely makes sense. SSRIs help me but they've been more effective when I've taken them for my OCD and wasn't severely depressed (except Wellbutrin). Though still effective for some of my issues with anxiety/depression, they're not as effective and I definetely think there's more going on. It's super hard to explain how I feel. I can't really describe it as a panic attack (I had those earlier, and know how those feel).... Just a strange uncomfortable feeling of over stimulation, chemical excitement and hyperarousal whcih causes anxiety. It's wierd. I tried seroquel and it freaked me out ironically (I'm also A.D.D and combined with Adderall I was taking at the time, it caused akathisia- which was absolutely horrid). I think adding something in that's a mood stabilizer would be good. The only thing is that some of them tend to make you dumber than a box of rocks, and for a person with A.D.D., that can be rough.
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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