Posted by Girlnterrupted78 on December 15, 2009, at 6:20:47
In reply to Re: Parnate + Lithium for a unipolar depressive » Girlnterrupted78, posted by SLS on December 14, 2009, at 14:07:25
> Well, perhaps you don't want to go with the nortriptyline so quickly after all. I think it is important to get a better idea as to whether or not bipolarity is involved.
What makes you think I'm possibly bipolar? Was it my elaborate explanation as to why I'm NOT bipolar that made you come to that conclusion? Or did you just ignore it altogether and went on to advice pretending I never wrote anything? You could have at least acknowledged that I explained I was not bipolar, and even challenged/disagreed with it, but not even considering it seems rude, imo.
I find it strange that once I ask you to elaborate on something, you simply change your mind. Almost like you never really thought about what you wrote.
>The prevailing sentiment has been that tricyclics is the group of antidepressants that is most likely to cause a switch into, or exacerbate, mania. These drugs can also precipitate rapid cycling. I find it awfully disrespectful when people don't even acknowledge that you said something on the matter.
If that were the case, then taking Nortriptyline would tell me for sure whether I'm bipolar or not, and I could discontinue + start a mood stabilizer. But I'm already on Parnate + Adderall, and I'm not manic, so I doubt I'm bipolar.
I've never had a manic episode in my life, and staying up all night not knowing where to begin with all the things that I've procrastinated is more related to obsessive compulsive than mania.
The cycle begins in the mornings: I refuse to get up and instead sleep in as an escape mechanism to avoid the depression and anxiety I feel at the prospect of a morning full of responsibilities.. so I procrastinate and get up late.
When I finally get up, I feel so guilty about getting up so late, that I continue to procrastinate all the stuff I have to do.
The obvious result is that after sleeping during the morning, I will be up all night with a bunch of things I should do and not knowing where to begin. Now, if that is the definition of "bipolar" lol, then yes, I guess I'm bipolar.
> After not sleeping for a few days, how is your energy level? Do you feel that you are drawn to starting too many projects at once and not be able to finish any one of them? How is your sex drive?My energy level after not sleeping for 2 days has always been low. In fact, I never went on to stay up two nights in a row until I started Parnate + Adderall. And my energy level obviously increased with Parnate and Adderall, since they're both stimulants. But I guess, just like my doctor, your reasoning must be: You're up two nights in a row? Forget about Parnate + Adderall or their stimulant effects, or the well-known fact that they exacerbate insomnia, you ARE bipolar...
I still feel tired.. btw, I just have a little more energy to waste sitting in the computer instead of lying down motionless in my bed without energy to even get up.
I guess there will be lots of newly created bipolars every time somebody begins a treatment with highly stimulating drugs. I'm the new creation! A Parnate-Adderall induced bipolar!!
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