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Old Mar 18, 2015, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by bpenniman View Post
I had been taking cymbalta for my bipolar depression and was starting to feel pretty good. I moved away and saw a new psychiatrist and she took me off of it right away claiming it would cause mania. I am now dizzy confused disoriented and irritable. She now claims this is mania but I don't think it is. Does anyone else take antidepressants with bipolar?
I took Paxil for 9 years before I knew I was bipolar. And even after I was diagnosed, I've always been on one. AD's have never caused mania in me. Now stimulants..well, that's a different story.
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