Posted by blueberry on August 21, 2006, at 18:54:37
In reply to Should I get hypomanic?, posted by maxime on August 21, 2006, at 18:38:13
Yes. Definitely. Just an opinion though.
But....keep the dose as low as possible to get just a slight touch of hypomania. If that means 5mg, so be it. 10mg. Whatever. Don't shoot for therapeutic doses just because that's what everyone else does. Instead, look for that fine line between not working and working a little.
It's just my opinion, but when you've been depressed for as long as you have, you deserve a break, even if that means getting a touch of hypomania. And if it is managed wisely, it could end up working for a long time.
I just fear getting too much of a dose and too much hypomania, because if that happens and then it loses effect, the fall down is steeper and more dangerous that it needed to me. You don't want to set the stage for a massive let-down later on.
Basically I am saying manage what the drug does to you rather than letting it manage you.
Another option to act as a life boat and perhaps even smooth out and improve the paxil would be to take low dose lithium with it...150mg, 300mg, something like that. Or 2.5mg zyprexa for sleep. Just a tad bit of something to balance the paxil.
I say go for it. Use what you've learned from the past and manage it to your benefit.
> Hi
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> Okay, so meds don't work for me. I have been severely depressed. Paxil and Effexor made me hypomanic. My psychiatrist knows this. Should I ask him to prescribe me Paxil so that I can experience hypomania? He once suggested it himself. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ANYMORE.
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> I see him tomorrow.
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> Maxime
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