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Re: Best way of killing myself » clint878

Posted by FrequentFryer on November 8, 2006, at 18:27:58

In reply to Re: Best way of killing myself, posted by clint878 on November 4, 2006, at 21:06:50

> The fact that these antidepressants "poop out" all the time strongly hints at bipolarity, as well as your uncle's diagnosis.
>
> Take a look at http://www.psycheducation.org/depression/STEPBipolarityIndex.htm, an index from Harvard used to test for a bipolar diagnosis. Just from what I hear here, you probably have about 40 points on that scale, and if you were young when you first became depressed, the score is probably higher.
>
> Also, lithium alone is not that useful when depression is the primary symptom. Lamictal, Symbayx, or Seroquel are the best for bipolar depression, although I would never take the latter two as they are too risky.

CLOSE! I scored 35... Still I dont really want to take lithium, Lamictal might be ok though.


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