Posted by katia on March 19, 2005, at 12:37:00
In reply to Re: Paxil w/drawal question..anyone? » theo, posted by Ritch on March 19, 2005, at 11:14:18
> Wow, interesting discussion! Do you guys think that a lot of people are being put on mood stabilizers (anitmanics) to treat what is really a side-effect of an SSRI (drug induced manic sx)? "Drug stacking"? IOW, do you think a lot of people are being misdiagnosed as bipolar due to a mania induction from serotonergic antidepressants? Is mania induction by serotonergics an *indicator* of bipolar illness or just a SIDE effect of the serotonergic?There actually is a dx Bipolar III for drug induced mania. So yes, you'd be considered BP if you had a manic reaction from an AD. I am just curious as to whether a mood stabilizer is enough to counter the depression long term, which is my main problem anyway.
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