Posted by Sonya on October 12, 2005, at 14:51:12
In reply to Re: Does this have something to do with meds? » Sonya, posted by 4wd on October 10, 2005, at 23:44:31
Hi, Marsha -
I'll explain rapid cycling as I understand it from my own personal experience. During the course of a single day I would start off in the morning extremely anxious to the point that I was scared of everything and felt I couldn't even sit at my desk at work. Then by mid-afternoon I would be extremely depressed. In the evenings I would get anxious again. Sometimes I felt I was a combination of both. So my moods were beyond *unstable*. My therapist and pdoc at those times had me keep a daily rating scale of my moods with 1 being low and 10 being high anxiety and/or depression. From what I gave them they knew I was rapid cycling and pdoc diagnosed me Bipolar.
If you think you're rapid cycling, tell your pdoc right away. You shouldn't have to live with that any longer. You would probably be rx'd a mood stabilizer (I'm on Depakote 500mg).
Good luck.
> > Lexapro, as all other SSRI's, caused hypomania with me and if I was on an SSRI long enough, it caused rapid cycling (extremely unpleasant).
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> Can you tell me what rapid cycling is like? I am wondering if that is what is happening to me.
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> thanks,
> marsha
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