Posted by Solstice on February 19, 2012, at 1:01:45
In reply to Re: Desperate » Solstice, posted by SLS on February 19, 2012, at 0:45:56
> > but historically, whenever she has inadvertently missed her Vyvanse, we've paid dearly.. in that she has a really bad day where she's just totally unable to manage herself.
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> It sounds like the doctor got it right. Vyvanse is serving a very important purpose.
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> I have experienced manic reactions to certain medications, but amphetamine is not one of them.
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Scott.. I know depression has taken up the most acreage in your battlefield.Please help me understand some things. It was clear initially that my daughter was hypomanic. When she started treatment, she was in absolute grief about losing that glorious feeling of hypomania. It took about six months for her to adjust to her 'normal' and to appreciate the feeling of being balanced.
What I'm wondering, is what does it look like when hypomania gets more manic? Her irritability and anger and reactivity is especially difficult for me to figure out. Before treatment, her hypomania was unremitting, but because it was pleasant, she wasn't 'easy' because of the intensity, but it wasn't horrible. The irritability and anger has been post-treatment, and it has seemed that the intensity of it is how her PDoc has identified it as a bipolar feature as opposed to teen 'attitude.' Over the last 3 years, it has been the appearance of excessive irritability and anger that has prompted raising her Geodon - and it always took care of it until the last time we did it, which was right before Christmas.
But, is the irritability/anger part of hypomania, mania, or is it actually a factor of depression? I have not known of my daughter having depression - but I'm wondering if her bipolar is evolving or something.
And.. thanks for letting me know that amphetamine apparently hasn't provoked mania for you. It helps to know it's not necessarily a 'given,' considering the problems we're having with quieting the symptoms she got right now.
Solstice
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