Posted by Sooshi on January 31, 2004, at 11:56:34
In reply to Re: topomax » Karen_kay, posted by headachequeen on January 30, 2004, at 23:00:32
Kat-your hospitalization sounds a lot like my first hospitalization. They didn't know how to dx me either. Basically, I ended up with a dx of Major Depression, NOS, because back in the day (early 80's) there wasn't (I'm guessing) a BPII dx. Every time they would put me on a tricyclic ad (I don't think they were even using Prozac then), I'd get manic, although I had never had a true "manic" episode in my life. But when they would put me on lithium or tegretol, it would horribly aggrivate my depression (besides the fact that I was allergic to both, and got a terrible rash!). I was eventually released taking Desyrl and Xanax in megadoses and was back in the hospital within two weeks!
Anyway, I think one of the ways they dx BPII is how one responds to antidepressants...if you get hyper/manic on them, they tend to lean toward a dx of BPII.
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