Posted by stargazer on August 17, 2006, at 13:33:37
In reply to BiPolar II/SSRI worsen symptoms?/anxiety/what????, posted by Rani on August 14, 2006, at 23:40:58
Rani,
If you have bipolar, taking an antidepressant alone can make you have mood swings which you are describing. With bipolar, you need to also take a mood stabalizer (i.e.lamictal, Depakote) with the AD to even out your moods. This sounds like what is going on. The AD alone has gotten you out of a depression but has caused your mood to go beyond what would be considered a euthymic (balanced) mood. This will happen when taking just an AD when you have bipolar and not just depression.
I suppose you will be started on a mood stabalizer, along with an AD.
Good luck.
SG
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