oh yeah anxiety through the roof at the same time as depression. often it's tearfulness, rage and anxiety all at the same time while wanting to disappear/leave/die/whatever. paranoia that I have no support system or that my mood is a result of the actions of my loved ones (i.e. not treating me right, conspiring against me, etc.) and the crawling out of your skin feeling is a pretty accurate description too. feeling tired but unable to keep my eyes closed. basically feeling the opposite of whatever I "want" to feel at any given moment. it's like my brain is fighting me, doing whatever I don't want it to do right then.
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dx BPII with mixed features/rapid cycling. currently on lamictal 200 mg/day for maintenance, and after a bout of postpartum depression recently am (hopefully temporarily) also on seroquel XR 50 mg/day, xanax as needed.
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