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Originally Posted by Mamabug1981
This is what I was afraid was going to happen. My depression manifests as tearfulness and aggression. Like, I scare people when I'm down I'm so aggressive. When my primary care put me on the Geodon last week, she told me to stop the Celexa I was taking. I was fine til today, when I realized the teary feeling was back. That means that horribly losing my temper at someone is not far behind, a day or two at most. Thoughts of suicide will show up in another week or so. But I still have the up energy and insomnia and overspending of the hypomania, though the paranoia that helped get me diagnosed is mostly gone. Guess this is what a mixed episode feels like. It's not bad yet, but it WILL get there. If there's one end of this illness I know well, it's the depression and how I experience it.
She told me to call her if I started feeling like this, as I expressed my concern about dropping the AD before seeing the psych when we talked. I know she counseled me to stop it because of the potential drug interactions, but I'd rather risk that than feel like this. Looks like I get to call in the morning.
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Sounds like you should make that call. Mixed episodes are the worst, they really are. Like you I know my illness enough that I know what to expect. I had started with a pdoc a few months ago when I was in the depths of a mixed episode and I told her what was to come and she didn't believe me. Well...she certainly listens to me now.
My medications have a lot of interactions but my pdoc is ok with it but is watching me closely. I have no intentions on changing up my medications at this point. I just think everything should stay the same for awhile, maybe 3 months to see if this cocktail will work.