Posted by polarbear206 on January 10, 2007, at 18:06:22
In reply to Re: Bipolar II - it really sucks, posted by Jimmyboy on January 9, 2007, at 9:18:51
> Hi Blueberry ,
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> I appreciate you taking the time to answer. Basically my depression is major fatigue/hypersomnia, brain fog, loss of short term memory, absoluteluy zero motivation to do anything or to socialize, and absolutely no emotions whatsoever.
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> But yeas, it has been depression 99.9% of the time, has been pretty much constant and recurring for most of my life. Have had limitd and short lived success on anti-depressants, etc. I have had 1 full blown manic episode about 12 yrs ago ( drug induced - zoloft + yohimbe, + street drugs) and a hypomanic episode 2 years ago. Other than that , no mania, hypomania.
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> Oh yeah, my mother had a severe case of bipolar I , mostly mania.
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> Thanks for any suggestions,
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> JBWe have much of the very same symptoms in common. If your bipolar is depression dominated, you probably need to be on an ad in combination with a mood stablizer. I went the stimulant route and it caused mixed states to surface. I tried Lithium, depakote, and have had great success with 200mg of lamictal and effexor. lamictal has a narrow therapeutic window. Vegetated depressions (atypical) respond well to MAOI's. Have you tried any? Were you ever on a mood stabilizer and an ad at the same time? Light therapy can be very helpful in your case as an add on. Costco has the "Golite" which is portable Go to psycheducation.org bipolar II diagnosis and treatment.
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