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Re: Need help with Diagnosis... » jasmineneroli

Posted by KaraS on March 19, 2005, at 23:07:12

In reply to Re: Need help with Diagnosis... » KaraS, posted by jasmineneroli on March 19, 2005, at 19:37:02

> Hi Kara: How are you doing?
> I agree that my Pdoc is most likely using older guidelines for Bipolar. And they definitely all have their particular biases, depending upon their experiences. I tried to talk to him about the (possibly) 6 different versions of BP, but he didn't seem interested (this was lasat year). He just sees me as classic GAD, that is exacerbated by hormonal changes (perimenopause etc).
> I agree with those that say it doesn't really matter too much what the dx is, if a treatment works! As you can see from my list of meds tried, the only groups missing are mood stabilizers and MAOI's. I already refused the MAOI's, due to the dietary restrictions (I love cheese and red wine!).
> So maybe that leaves a mood stabilizer?????
>
> I have to go back in 3 weeks to see if the upped tryptophan has helped. I'm thinking of asking all over again about bipolar.......and moood stabiizers.
> Thanks for your input, as always.
> It's funny, I repsonded to this thread to share experiences to help TTime, but it ended up giving me a few ideas too! That's why I love Babble!!!
> regards,
> Jas


Hi Jas,
I'm hanging in there (thanks for asking). I'm also dealing with hormonal issues so I know how hard it is to separate out what is doing what. Maybe your pdoc will let you try a mood stabilizer. I think they are useful in augmenting depressions that may not be bipolar as well (but Scott would know more about that than I do). That is a great thing about Babble - you never know when you're going to learn something helpful. Anyway, I hope you have good luck figuring everything out. Please keep us posted.

Take care,
Kara



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