Posted by undopaminergic on August 21, 2021, at 12:22:54
In reply to Re: Nortriptyline dosing. » undopaminergic, posted by SLS on August 21, 2021, at 8:36:43
> Hi, UD.
Hi SLS!
[... mania ...]
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> Ugly stuff, even if it feels like a better high than cocaine. One episode of mania can ruin a life in days that had taken decades to build. The aftermath of a psychotic mania includes embarrassment, being forever remembered as a mentally imbalanced and potentially dangerous mental patient, being ostracized and abandoned by almost everyone, self-inflicted poverty, the loss of respect by friends who become the target of personal insults and rage, etc. Years of depression really doesn't do this - with the exception of poverty.
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> I know from experience.I almost killed myself and ended up in intensive care. I nearly destroyed my kidneys probably from rhabdomyolysis. On other occasions I ended up in the mental hospital. So, I'm not saying mania is worth it.
Only my first, and most intense, episode had a happy ending, other than coming to an end and a descent back into depression.
If I am saying something, it is that classic, euphoric mania is better than mixed or dysphoric mania, if only because it feels better -- but that alone may keep you from attempting suicide.
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