Posted by HappyGirl on August 1, 2004, at 0:48:42
In reply to bipolar II suspicions- please help?, posted by cpallen79 on July 31, 2004, at 21:43:26
Hi:
First, your pdoc. suggested 'Lamical,' ... in my guess, because it has both 'depression' and 'mood-stabilizer' property. In my knowledge, 'agitated depression' means 'stress' brings up 'depressive' episodes. However, it sounds like more than 'agitated depression,' as saying that Wellbutrin made you 'hypomanic,' such as hypersexual and a lot of 'driven' feelings without enough sleep.
To answer to your another question, ... as to Bp II, ... surprisingly, Mood-stabilizer such as Depakote and Lithium helps your pdoc. and you to find out whether you really have one. Because, as you quote, ... sometime, it's some confusion between depression and Bp II, because both have primarily 'depressive episode.' However, on Bp II, there are 'two' phrases, one for depression and another for manic/hypomanic(milder form of manic). Actually, most of Bp II loves 'hypomanic,' because your productivity actually increased while on depressive episodes, you don't feel like to bother even simplest tasks. Then, you need to look at whether you have those 'two' charactaristics. Also, if you certainly feel you have Bp II, then you need to talk to your pdoc. truthfully. If there is no good answer/med. for your current condition, you may need to switch more Bp related pdoc., because some of pdocs. are NOT competent enough to diagnose and prescribe meds. for Bper's.
H.G.
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