Posted by olysi79 on February 14, 2005, at 19:12:44
In reply to SSRI bipolar diagnosis is NONSENCE, posted by linkadge on February 13, 2005, at 10:40:17
I tend to agree with you on this. I think Doctors hsould use it mroe as a "gauge" to speak. Often times, with BP, they will feel good for awhile on the SSRIS, then really bad, but then back to good, etc... the emotions are a rollercoaster. Stress also aggravates these cyclesn. Other people get terrible mixed manias when they go on an SSRI. This is not just nervousness, it's through the roof, and can also be a sign of bipolar disorder, or at least somewhere on the spectrum.
Here's my thoughts... people jsut need to quit labeling themselves (or allowing themselves to be affected by labels) and just try meds until they get it right.
> I think it is absolutely nonsence for a doctor to diagnose bipolar based on the fact that an SSRI makes you agitated/activated.
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> Here's the truth. Not everybody reacts to drugs the same way. For instance. My father is the most stable person alive. If he drinks coffee it can make him very agitated, anxious, insomniac, agrivated etc. He is much more sensitive to coffee than I am.
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> I can drink loads of cofee and remain normal. Does this mean my father is bipolar ?? Of course not. It is quite simple. Some people are more sensitive to chemicals than others.
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> If you took a person who was doing well on 150mg of wellbutrin, and you give him 900mg. He might behave a little strange. Become irritable, angry, anxious etc. Some people would reach the same way to 150 mg.
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> And there is another reason that this method of diagnosis is rediculous. Some people will act very strangly on one antidepressant, and perfectly normal on another.
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> Ex. Effexor made me *very* irritable. Angry, mood swings, insomnia, panicky, agigated etc. But celexa gave me no problems for 5 years (other than the fact that it pooped out)
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> To diagnose bipolar you need to do a HECK of a lot more probing as a doctor, than just to see how one chemical makes them react.
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