Posted by ed_uk on February 13, 2005, at 12:55:03
In reply to Re: ADDENDUM:// caused temporal lobe seizure? » Spriggy, posted by SLS on February 13, 2005, at 12:18:15
Hi Scott,
>Bipolar disorder is highly heritable. If your parental diagnoses are accurate, my guess is that you too are bipolar, regardless of whether or not mania or hypomania have yet been recognized.
I agree that it is possible that Spriggy may be diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the future. I think we should be cautious though because her reaction to Lexapro sounded more like akathisia than mania/mixed mood.
>It is often bipolarity that is responsible for the difficulties that are encountered when treating depression as if it were of the unipolar variety. I would suggest thinking about using mood stabilizers in addition to antidepressants. Trileptal would probably be a good place to start for you.
Spriggy hasn't described the symptoms that she had before taking Lexapro in any detail. I'm not even sure whether she was depressed. I don't know the reason why Lexapro was prescribed.
Regards,
Ed.
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