Posted by 4wd on October 15, 2005, at 22:06:17
In reply to Re: I think I'm bipolar and ultra ultra rapid cycling » 4wd, posted by SLS on October 15, 2005, at 10:13:47
> The kind of "cycling" you speak of sounds more like the diurnal variation seen in unipolar melancholic or agitated depression. Tricyclics are good for treating that. It might be the agitation and anxiety that "pulls you in" to energetic people when you encounter them.
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> True "Ultra ultra" or ultradian cycling is very rare. There is nothing wrong with being bipolar. If you are, you are. There is also nothing wrong with being unipolar and using mood stabilizers. A combination of nortriptyline 75mg + lithium 300-600mg might work very well.
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> - ScottHi Scott,
I guess only my doctor can diagnose whether I'm rapid cycling or in mixed states or if it's agitated depression. I don't really care what the diagnosis is - except insofar as finding the right medto treat it. I just cannot stand the way I feel in the mornings and most of the day. Klonopin does relieve it more or less after about 2-3 hours. I feel like I"m going to explode with adrenaline and fear if I don't take the Klonopin.
I just want to wake up feeling calm and be able to get out of bed and look around at the world instead of waking up feeling like someone had sneaked into my bedroom and shot me up with adrenaline and strychnine while I was sleeping. And it that's negative energy, you know? Fear energy.
Cant take Lamictal - it not only gave me headaches ( I figure those would go away) but it also made my bottom teeth hurt so bad my mouth would water and my back muscles went into spasm. Weird. Neurontin had no side effects but no effect on anxiety either.
I was thinking that a short trial of Depakote would be a good diagnostic tool. If it works, then I'm bipolar, right?
Marsha
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