Posted by ed_uk on August 19, 2005, at 14:27:27
In reply to Zoloft mania, posted by Cyn523 on August 19, 2005, at 11:30:32
Hi Cyn,
>I thought it took ~6 weeks for anti-depressants to start working on the brain, so how could it induce mania that rapidly?
Antidepressants effect the brain within hours of taking the first dose. Side effects such as mania can appear very rapidly. In the treatment of depression, it often takes a few weeks for antidepressants to help..... but the side effects appear much more quickly.
>Now, because of that situation, I've been diagnosed as BiPolar II.
Hmmm. Technically, to be diagnosed BPII, you need to have experienced at least one episode of hypomania which was not drug-induced. Drug-induced manias are highly suggestive of bipolar disorder, but they're not necessarily diagnostic.
>I went on Wellbutrin after I quit the Zoloft. Have been on it for months with no adverse affects.
Mania is less common with Wellbutrin than with Zoloft.
Kind regards
~ed
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