Posted by AMenz on June 27, 2001, at 11:03:10
In reply to What meds help with HYPOMANIA?, posted by Janelle on June 25, 2001, at 22:36:40
Mood stabilizers. I personally think either lithium or depakote augmented by second and third line anti convulsants.
What precisely are your symptoms of hypomania though? Are you sure you're a bipolar. Obsessive compulsive symptoms are more related to a comorbid anxiety disorder.
I have had some really bad diagnosticians make sure you have a good one. If not sure go for a second opinion.
Because of transference people rarely go to a second opinion before embarking on a course of medication which is may not be indicated in their case. It happenned to me. It's taken me two years to get back to functioning.
> I have yet to read or hear about a med "specifically" tailored for hypomania. I'm curious because this bout I'm having with depression (and anxiety), my pdoc feels may have been preceded by a period of hypoMANIA (hard to distinguish if it was just extreme obssessive thoughts and actions or if it was possibly exacerbated by being on Paxil a VERY long time). Looking back, it sure seems like it was hypomania to me.
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> I'm now in process of switching to Effexor from Celexa (the latter did NOTHING for the depression and seemed to make me more agitated and restless), but don't want the A-D to make any mania return. Wondering what, if any, meds there might be for Hypomania.
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