Posted by D minor on October 5, 2004, at 23:14:43
In reply to rapid cycling, posted by jdawg on October 5, 2004, at 17:15:59
Jdawg,
I think I''m in the same boat. I was diagnosed with major depression with psychotic features about a year and a half ago. "For the migrains" I was put on Topamax. I tried Risperdal but due to side effects ended up on Abilify. I was also put on Remeron. Six months later Seroquel and Wellbutrin were added.I about 2 month ago I came off the Topamax because I felt like it dampened my emotions. My new pdoc thinks I'm bipolar. I didn't belive him until 2 weeks ago. I think I started rapid cycling. My cycle so far has been exactly 1 week. So for the past two wednesdays I'm been hypomanic. Feels like I'm really sped up and euphoric and think I'm sexy. Then the next day I'm normal, followed by two or three days of mild depression.
I see my pdoc on Thursday. He thought the Seroquel would act as a mood stabilizer, but obviously it hasn't. He said if that didn't work we would try Depakote. So I'll let you know what happens.
Oh, I talk about this a little in my above post "Tortured!" if you want to know a little more. The response I got from Happy Girl was really good.
Goodluck!
dm
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