Posted by susan C on August 21, 2001, at 11:52:01
In reply to Re: If this is mood stability I want confusion......, posted by Kingfish on August 21, 2001, at 8:14:57
> > is the cure worse than than the illness? Right now it doesn't completely seem so to me, but then I'm in a fairly major depression, so gray walls, rather than black ones, seem almost welcome.
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> Was "assigned" Depakote yesterday, though, "sure to end my rapid cycling mania", and felt the same way. "End it? But why? It's the only the thing I have to look forward to..."'world famous' pdoc, said depakote would control the highs, and the lows would take care of themselves. The highs cause the lows.
I feel like I am 'passing through...' What is normal anyway. Have you ever met anyone who is manic all the time, is that what they call 'energetic' or do they hide when the dark times come? I hide. I am not confident of my energetic times, now, I used to look forward to them as my most creative times, now I am suspicious. And anxious that they are just harbringers of dark times to come. Is too much self knowledge a dangerous thing?
Did you know a dramatic change in barometric pressure can change mood? When the barometric pressure drops (incoming storm) the fluids in the body expand, causing pressure on the brain) and the opposite is true when the pressure increases and causes a sunny day..it isnt just the sun, it is the high pressure. That is also why people who have arthritis say, 'I feel a storm a storm a comin'
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