Posted by 4wd on October 12, 2005, at 15:38:39
In reply to Re: Does this have something to do with meds? » 4wd, posted by Sonya on October 12, 2005, at 14:51:12
> Hi, Marsha -
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> Good luck.
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>This does sound sort of like what is happening to me. It started abruptly about a year and a half ago ago when I switched from Effexor to Paxil. I tried twice and it happened both times. Both times I went back to Effexor and was okay again. It happened again when I switched from Effexor to Cymbalta.
Now I'm on Celexa. I have taken Celexa in the past without this happening but now it's the following pattern.
I wake up in the morning a little too early (about an hour or two before I feel like I've had enough sleep.) I wake up kind of scared and then after I get up I get more scared. I take my .25 - .5 mg of Klonopin and after a couple of hours I feel okay. Sometimes the anxiety returns in the late afternoon. I wasn't having spells of depression in the afternoon until I tried switching to Luvox (which didn't work). Anyway, before the med change fiasco, I would normally feel better as the day got later until by 8 or 9 at night I would feel good. No anxiety, no depression. Then next morning, the anxiety is back again.
I'll mention the mood stabilizer to my pdoc when I talk to him next time. I'm thinking the Klonopin may be functioning as a mild mood stabilizer and wearing off by the morning. OTOH, taking an extra dose of Klonopin at bedtime doesn't decrease the morning anxiety at all.
Do you ahve any side effects from the Depakote 500mg?
Marsha
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