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Apr 13, 2012, 12:58 AM
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Hi! Been off the Invega for about 3 weeks and feeling great. So I'm wondering if my dx was wrong? I mean, I definitely have depression and am continuing on my Cymbalta, but no mania. Is it remission or misdiagnosis?
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Apr 13, 2012, 10:52 AM
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That's great you feel awesome! I haven't tried invega. I took cymbalta for awhile and felt pretty good - be careful if you go off of it cuz it has really bad withdrawal symptoms. i say enjoy the time right now. and if you should happen to have an episode in the future just go get help. no way to know right now so just enjoy. try to take healthy care of yourself, exercise and eating. you have my prayers that it is a wrong dx or remission
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Apr 13, 2012, 10:54 AM
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Could just be remission, people can go 10 years without having another manic episode. Okay I don't know any of them, but I've read about it and watched documentaries where this has been the case. I would probably assume it's remission to be on the safe side.
I'm glad you are feeling great off the Invega! I hope that keeps up for you. |
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Apr 14, 2012, 12:39 AM
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Who knows? Life is too short to worry and medication sucks! Stay off it as long as you can. I'm reconsidering this, just in case technique we got going with a mood stabilizer but, if only I could be stable lol. Meds don't really work anyway! For me they just make it mild. On meds maybe I'm cyclothymic or whatever that almost a mood disorder is haha!
Oh and apparently antidepressants alone won't always make bipolar manic. People always think it is an automatic trip to loony land but, it isn't even the usual reaction. |
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Apr 14, 2012, 09:54 AM
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Thanks so much for the words of support. I'll keep off of it as long as I can. I started therapy again, so hopefully that helps.
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Apr 17, 2012, 02:32 PM
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For years I refused to except that I suffer from bipolar because I wasn’t identifying with the mania. I sincerely hope your dx was wrong it would be great news but when I read your message it reminded me of me back in the day when I believed I was only having depressed feeling as a result of real problematic situations.
Even to this day I sometimes have a hard time seeing what other do. Mania provides me with feelings of self worth and optimism I never sense when depressed so I welcome the episodes strongly resisting the opinions of friends, family and the experts.
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Dousing the flames of ruin I have razed... smokey. |
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Apr 17, 2012, 04:04 PM
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You've only been off for 3 weeks. That's nothing! I don't want to be pessimistic, but in 'classic' bipolar, people have fewer than 4 episodes a year. So, uh, you have plenty of time to have another episode.
Sorry, that was really pessimistic.
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age: 23 dx: bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS current meds: depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements past meds: ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft other: individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis |
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