Posted by SLS on September 19, 2006, at 16:21:20
In reply to Mood stabilisers and depression in bipolar II, posted by Basia on September 18, 2006, at 13:41:20
Which HRT are you taking?
It is likely that your treatment over the last few years was helping, right? Now you start the HRT, and we see a change in your mental status. It would seem that the two are related.
> I have not had hallucinations or psychosis for so long ( once or twice 5/6 years ago) and although I am bipolar II, I have only been hypomanic once.
If you were diagnosed and treated immediately and effectively after your first episodes, that is all we would expect to see, right? So, perhaps we are looking at schizoaffective disorder. I think it is best that you work with your doctors on this one. Changing APs might be a great idea, but I doubt changing both AP and MS at the same time is.
If you are taking the HRT for the expressed purpose of countering the effects of sulpiride, and you are inclined to discontinue the sulpiride and switch to another antipsychotic, and you are feeling worse since starting the HRT, I would say that it makes sense to discontinue the HRT now and switch the AP second and make decisions on the MS third.
But of course, I am not a doctor, and I don't know the first thing about you or the particulars of your case.
Good luck.
- Scott
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