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Old Apr 28, 2015, 07:52 AM
jstedt jstedt is offline
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Thank you all for that awesome welcome!

As Innerzone wrote, I also think the delayed effect is a bit fishy. I recall that just prior to I started taking SSRI, I had a period where I felt good and worked like 70 hours a week; totally goal oriented, almost a bit OCDish when it came to being productive. I had to be productive at all time and had a hard time just to relax for the sake of relaxing. But it is so long ago so I don't know if it was hypomania. I have had depressive periods on and off probably the last 6 years, but it isn't until the recent 3 years that I am certain that I have experienced hypomania and it's just the last 2 years that it has really gone out of control.

All in all I think I've only had major depression and hypomania when I'm on SSRI, but then again I've been on it since I was 20 years old (7 years) and I don't recall the first years to be that dramatic. This is what's confusing.

Also; would Lamictal work if I wasn't Bipolar?

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Originally Posted by Sinking Feeling View Post
I just started taking Lamictal, only up to 50mg so far, while it does seem to help in stabolizing my moods, it too does very little for my depression!
50mg did nothing for me either (just a short hypomania episode when I went from 25 to 50). BUT when I finally got up to 200, I was kicked out of the depression. So perhaps it will work for you like this as well.
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