Posted by Squiggles on July 17, 2002, at 13:10:02
In reply to Re: Someone please shoot some holes in this story... » Squiggles, posted by Ritch on July 17, 2002, at 10:35:20
Hi Mitch,
I appreciate your description of the cycles;
in your case definitely you would need ongoing
treatment - perhpas one never knows exactly
how fast the cycles will be, how frequent, and
to what extreme - I would have thought they
would study this kind of thing;When I first got symptoms (if they were not
withdrawal symptoms from valium as some critics
have tried to suggest), i got very rapid swings
in depression and euphoria - it was very strange -
it was like your waltenschuung changed every
minute with associated affect - very strange;Anyway, of course you should take it in
your case and not stop, though this is all
in forecast not restrospect, if you know what I
mean.About prophylaxis, well it's safer i guess.
The point you make which I find fascinating
is the "kindling theory" of Papolos - i have
read about it and it would seem to suggest
that the brain actually progresses to a worse
and worse state if you have bipolar... that is,
the longer you leave the bipolar brain untreated
the higher the dose of the drug to treat it is
necessary.Is that correct?
Squiggles
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