Posted by lizardk on February 11, 2005, at 11:24:58
In reply to Re: Depakote - substance induced mania » lizardk, posted by Ritch on February 11, 2005, at 10:42:05
> > My reaction to paxil and lexapro was bouncing off the walls with panic,anxiety,restlessness, and racing thoughts.It felt like i needed and elephant tranquilizer dart to calm me down.I'm not sure if that suggest bipolar or just substance induced mania, but my doc seems to think bipolar.
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> Have you tried any other class of antidepressants such as MAOI, Wellbutrin, trazodone, or tricyclics? If you get manic reactions to SSRI's (and probably Effexor and Cymbalta as well), the others might not provoke the problems you describe and might work rather well for you (perhaps without Depakote). You didn't mention euphoria or irritability in your description of the reactions.I've tried wellbutrin with no effects, but none of the other classes.I was extremely irritable but hard to tell if that was just from being completely agitated and panicking.I had no euphoria at all.I would be interested to try MAOI's or tricyclics but my doc seems to be convinced I have bipolar spectrum or bipolar NOS and keeps prescribing my AP's and suggests mood stabilizers, which i haven't tried yet.I just called today because I've been feeling almost suicidal theses last few days and he prescribed me Geodon.I have my reservations about Geodon too but I don't know what to do.
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