Posted by qbsbrown on January 17, 2009, at 11:53:45
I've been diagnosed at BP II.
I'll be hanging out w/ friends, having a great time, laughing, but underneath I'll just have this feeling of wanting to cry.
I'll be going on a beautiful drive and going down to the river feeling great, but underneath have this feeling of wanting to cry.
It feels like more of a physical feeling in my head, more than emotional.
Is this a possible tie between epilepsy and bipolar that i've read about?
I've noticed that all meds that lower my dopamine make me more depressed including antidepressants.
I'm going back to trileptal, been on it 2 times before. Too high of a dose made me stoic, quiet, emotionally dead. I'm hoping that this time with Provigil (works wonders), it'll be a different experience.
I also have horrible problems with derealization. To make this worse, I'm now working in grocery stores that seem to trigger confusion, derealization etc (the lighting seems to do this, epilepsy ties??)
I've tried all med combos, none seem to work. I'm thinking about saving a lot of money and going to the Amen clinic???
Any advice is much appreciated.
Regards,
Brian
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