Antidepressant success stories and what worked best for you?
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Author: tearj3rker
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:29 pm
Unfortunately as I have bipolar, anti-depressants tend to flip us sorts manic. There’s a real big school of thought going on out there that people with bipolar should not be prescribed anti-depressants at all, as they induce rapid cycling & mix states mood episodes, which are often hard to treat, and it’s better to use more mood stabilisers or Lamictal.
It took them decades to figure that out. After doing life mapping of people with bipolar, they found that those treated with anti-depressants had many more acute mood episodes over their lives than those who didn’t. Being prescribed them just once had a noticeable effect. While they fixed the patient’s acute depression pretty quick smart, the long term effects made the short-term benefits questionable.
Many psychs still prescribe them to people with bipolar, as they weigh up the long term effects against the risk of suicide. My doctor’s one of them. Why he wants to prescribe them to me I don’t know, as suicide isn’t my thing, really.
I tend to knock back anti-depressants these days. My blue periods tend to disappear on their own.
Antidepressant success stories and what worked best for you?
by Admin
Call 1 (888) 460-6556 to speak with a counselor.
Author: tearj3rker
Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:29 pm
Unfortunately as I have bipolar, anti-depressants tend to flip us sorts manic. There’s a real big school of thought going on out there that people with bipolar should not be prescribed anti-depressants at all, as they induce rapid cycling & mix states mood episodes, which are often hard to treat, and it’s better to use more mood stabilisers or Lamictal.
It took them decades to figure that out. After doing life mapping of people with bipolar, they found that those treated with anti-depressants had many more acute mood episodes over their lives than those who didn’t. Being prescribed them just once had a noticeable effect. While they fixed the patient’s acute depression pretty quick smart, the long term effects made the short-term benefits questionable.
Many psychs still prescribe them to people with bipolar, as they weigh up the long term effects against the risk of suicide. My doctor’s one of them. Why he wants to prescribe them to me I don’t know, as suicide isn’t my thing, really.
I tend to knock back anti-depressants these days. My blue periods tend to disappear on their own.
