Posted by Karen Moore on February 2, 2004, at 0:09:04
In reply to Re: has anyone had prolems with extreme irritability.?, posted by Rainee on February 1, 2004, at 22:32:04
Sounds like a "mixed state" of bipolar to me. I went through them for years and was misdiagnosed as "anxious depressive" but was really bipolar. SSRIs may make this state worse (if taken w/o a stabilizer). Yes, a mood stabilizer is probably you're best bet. Depakote worked best for me, and I've had two specialists in mixed states/treatment resistance recommend it (Jan Fawcett and Stephen Dubovsky). Also, if you need something to immediately take the edge off the nastiness you might talk to your pdoc about Seroquel, a very low dose acts very quickly and can do wonders, it's kept me out of the hospital a number of times...
Good luck, mixed states are absolutely miserable and scary, but very treatable.
KM> Thank you for the suggestions this is a scary place to be. I never felt like I just want to runaway from everything before. But I have to keep reminding myself I cannot run from myself.
> Through this fog I do love my family and want a life. But everything irritates the hell out of me. I will contact a Dr about a mood stabilzer.
>
> Rainee
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