Posted by SLS on June 28, 2015, at 16:50:54
In reply to Re: Mania, med reactions, the DSMV + rapid cycling! » SLS, posted by brynb on June 28, 2015, at 14:25:10
> Hi again, Scott. I realized I want to ask you to clarify: if you're chronically suffering from MDD
I suffer from chronic bipolar depression. The bipolar diagnosis is important because it helps to account for one's case history and treatment responses. Many people with bipolar disorder are originally diagnosed as MDD (unipolar). It isn't until mania first emerges - whether spontaneously or as a reaction to treatment - that the diagnosis must be revised. I am bipolar I because my manias are significantly more severe than those seen in bipolar II.
I'm sorry that you reacted so badly to Trileptal and Lamictal. I haven't had a hint of mania since beginning Abilify over 10 years ago. However, it has helped with depression.
For what it's worth, I am currently taking:
Parnate 100 mg/dsy
nortriptyline 100 mg/day
Lamictal 300 mg/day
lithium 300 mg/day
Abilify 10 mg/day
prazosin 30 mg/dayI glean a partial response to this, for which I am so very grateful, but it still leaves me below 50% improvement. Until new drugs come out, I will begin looking into varioius TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) treatments.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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