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Originally Posted by sidestepper
Any of the antidepressants. Found out years later I'm actually bipolar II so the ADs were putting me in a mixed or manic episode that made me feel like a pressure cooker and self harm was the relief valve. I have been on most all of the ADs that there were up to about 2000, after that I refused to take any even with other meds. On AD AP mixes I did better but without any AD and just mood stabilizers and APs I do very well.
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Can I ask how it was determined that you were bipolar II? Because I feel like I was having a mixed episode for a bit while on Cymbalta/Wellbutrin and Zoloft/Wellbutrin. Reading some of the stuff about hypomania seems like it could apply to me--particularly stuff with racing thoughts, sleeping difficulty, etc. I do have generalized anxiety and panic disorder, plus am/was in a major depressive episode. But what I was feeling when on Wellbutrin just felt like something else entirely. Like I was simultaneously horribly anxious and horribly depressed.
I also had issues with agitation in the past on higher doses of Zoloft (like 150 mg--I'm on 100 mg now). And was extremely anxious when I tried Prozac briefly.
(I know this is a bit off-topic, but just wondering...)