Posted by shoebox on March 5, 2005, at 9:00:00
In reply to Re: BP II and anxiety??????, posted by olysi79 on March 4, 2005, at 23:44:28
Olysi has given you some excellent advice. It sure sounds like you need a mood stabilizer. If you can find one that fits, you may be able to titrate off of a benzo very, *very* gradually. That's what I was able to do. It took a long time, but now I don't take any benzos and I don't suffer from insomnia anymore (a miracle!), I sleep like a baby, wake up refreshed, and I haven't felt manic in years. Now if I can just find an AD that doesn't make me chomp holes into my tongue in my sleep...
> Hi there, a few suggestions... start a mood stabilizer first like trileptal, lamictal, or Depakote (just a few examples). Also use a benzo (as needed, but cautiously) to control panic symtpoms. Then perhaps consider adding in a tiny dose of an ssri to start.. too much = hypomanias and/or anxiety. For example, consider a 1/4 to a 1/2 tab of the smallest dose, take it for a few weeks, then titrate slowly. Another option is an AP. I love 'em, but akathisia is a problem for me that I cannot tolerate.
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