Posted by john locke on January 21, 2016, at 13:21:40
In reply to Re: why SSRI's don't work for so many? » swim, posted by SLS on January 19, 2016, at 19:31:58
> By the way, are you a fellow sufferer?
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> If so, may I ask what your illness is and how successful you have been with treatment?
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> I have not been terribly successful. My case is that of bipolar disorder, depressive type with drug-induced mania. I never become manic spontaneously. I become manic only in association with antidepressants. Otherwise, I am depressed every day.
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> - ScottWould you mind explaining this further, Scott? I don't know much at all about bipolar disorder, so if someone had asked me I would have thought that someone who is depressed every day does not have it and has unipolar depression instead.
Best,
John
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