Posted by porkpiehat on January 15, 2019, at 14:40:45
In reply to Re: trying telmisartan as antimanic dopamine regulator, posted by cadburyhesychasm on January 15, 2019, at 14:04:01
> bipolar dep. don't try telmisartan. i wrote abt it when i was a bit of in an impulsivity cycle. i am currently on olanzapine 10mg and venlafaxine xr 37.5 with enteric coated valproate 1g. i have just started these after failing repeatedly many antipsychotic drugs. i suggest for rage attacks valproate is useful as a base med. i too suffer complex trauma. of various problems. olanzapine does nothing for peak rage but helps with my obsessions but causes a withdrawing depression. which frankly is better than hypersexual behaviour which is why i am retrialling it.
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> can u tell me more about what your rage attacks are like, true rage disorders seem rare so problems of rage interest me. are yours mainly caused by paranoia? mine is more of an epileptoid dyscontrol syndrome than psychotic. i believe but doctors say it is some form of schizo even in absence of other psychotic features like paranoia and hallucination. if you ask me it is a severe cruel ptsd with bipolar comorbidity that causes my rage.Firstly I reread my post and I meant to say risperdal not remeron. BP I and his manias are typically full of rage. I suspect it is BPD but they didn't understand it as well when he was diagnosed.
When I have completely irrational rage (like at inanimate objects) it is typically a result of some med trial (buspar, wellbutrin, Latuda) or ramping up/down or on too-low doses of serotonergic drugs.
Otherwise there certain personalities and situations that push me over the edge it gets bad...nervous people, incompetence, customer service, my mom, weakness, being dismissed.
Bipolar and trauma borderline are constantly thrown around for Dx without a clear cut dx. I think this is more trauma/BPD in my case.
I do suffer from weird free-floating unease and almost paranoia, it has felt almost psychadellic at times. Started in college but I was doing pot and acid and struggling with sexuality at the time. Only when I'm alone. This and my strong reaction and hypomanic symptoms on meds have suggested BPII.
In additon to my dad, my mom has complex ptsd and my grandmother was schizophrenic...yay.
I'm curious about olanzapine experience. I read it is one of the best AP's for borderline symptoms without being two numbing. I am specifically worried about the symptoms of emptiness, detachment, suicidality, social anxiety, quasi-paranoia, trippy fear and unease, destruction of intimate relationships through meanness and overwhelming eventual insecurity.
I would put my paranoia more in the "anxiety" bucket than "psychotic" as I am clearly aware I am worried and suspicious but I don't believe things are happening in a "thought disorder" kind of way.
I may have mentioned I initially get a lot of benefit in these areas with gabapentin and trileptal, maaaaybe lamictal, but suffer pretty terrible cognitive crap.
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