Posted by europerep on May 16, 2010, at 7:21:00
In reply to HELP: Underlying Bipolar? im scared!, posted by Hunk20 on May 15, 2010, at 13:52:01
hmm, I am really not an authoritative source on these questions, was I was just gonna add my thoughts.
If the supernatural mood and mania symptoms definitely did not appear prior to phenelzine(nardil), and the last twelve years were nothing but a dark hole, I'd think it's unlikely you actually suffer from bipolar disorder.. but phenelzine might cause mania in you, which surely isn't good, and I thought that when ADs produce mania this is quite a big problem for the ongoing treatment with that drug..
but I see your situation where you are not sure whether you're feeling "just good" or "just too good", so whether its manic symptoms or not.. what I'd suggest first of all is to not add any other drugs if you stay on phenelzine, and wait until this initial phase that jedi described should be over.. then try to evaluate the situation.. I would definitely suggest that you get in contact with some sort of psychologist, psychotherapist, etc., who can help sort out these diagnosis questions..
but as I said, I know little about phenelzine and bipolar, so you might want to ask "experts", possibly via a new thread..
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