Posted by 4WD on January 14, 2006, at 21:51:28
In reply to Re: Depressed/agitated/wired - soft bipolar?, posted by linkadge on January 14, 2006, at 17:50:47
And since I have to take an AD to keep out of the pit of clinical depression, and since AD's make me wired and if a mood stabilizer allows me to take an AD without getting all terrified and jittery, then if they want to call me med induced bipolar, I'll live with it. I do know that every SSRI I've ever been on has made me edgy and jittery. Before meds, I was just sunk in apathy and misery and no energy at all.
I don't know what happened 15 months ago that swung me into that state of terror (other than switching from Effexor to other ADs, and several traumatic family events) but whatever it was, I'm pretty sure I didn't suddenly become bipolar at the age of 48. Unless, I had been soft bipolar all those years, and not recognized it - just thinking the nervousness was part of my makeup.
I don't know. It's beyond me to figure out.
Marsha
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