Posted by Ron Hill on June 16, 2009, at 17:36:42
In reply to Parnate and anger, posted by bitkit on June 16, 2009, at 9:08:16
> But my depression's returned this last week and additionally I now feel really angry. Furious and hopeless and wretched.
> ... and otherwise just swings from mediocre to bad.
-----------------------Bitkit,
Just a thought. Have you ever been tested for bipolar disorder?
Here is a screening test:
http://i.cmpnet.com/CME/pt/PDF/MDQ_Quest.pdf
And, here is the grading instruction sheet:
http://i.cmpnet.com/CME/pt/PDF/MDQ_Instructs.pdf
Print the test and fill it out before looking at the grading sheet.
I am a bipolar patient, and I periodically experience depression mixed with raging anger. This is called a "mixed state".
Bipolar patients must have moodstabilizers onboard. If not, antidepressants will often worsen the mood swings.
Antiepileptic drugs (AED's) are typically used as moodstabilizers for bipolar II patients, and lithium is usually used for bipolar I patients.-- Ron
dx: Bipolar II, with ultra rapid cycling (15 days for one complete cycle), and mild OCPD
600 mg/day Trileptal
200 mg/day Lamictal
500 mg/day Keppra
30 mg/day Parnate
poster:Ron Hill
thread:901273
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