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#1
Oct 06, 2016, 10:56 AM
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I went to see my pdoc today. I shared with him my concerns about daylight savings fast approaching. That I had already started feeling a little down....sleeping a lot. He first asked what did I thought about Wellbutrin. Then said no that might surly make me manic. Then asked if I'd ever tried Zoloft. I told him yes but it was when I was a teen. I had so much going on it my life. I was only on it for two or three months and can not remember if it made a difference. He ordered blood work for my lithium levels...asked me to think about the Zoloft. He gave me my regular scripts plus it. I'm going back in two weeks and he wants to know how it's working. I'm nervous about taking it. Anyone out there with "bipolar 1" that take a antidepressant ? I just know I was given Celexa by another pdoc and it made me go manic...at the time I was wrongly diagnosed with depression.
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#2
Oct 06, 2016, 11:23 AM
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I was on zoloft since the spring. My pdoc took me off after my manic episode.
Celexa made me manic too. its been years since i took it.
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#3
Oct 06, 2016, 11:32 AM
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Oh so you were manic while on good to know...thx
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Oct 06, 2016, 12:33 PM
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I'm on wellbutrin. It has given me energy and motivation without making me manic, I'm also on a mood stablizer and AP though
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Oct 06, 2016, 12:43 PM
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I was on Viibryd but it made me more anxious so I stopped taking it.
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Oct 06, 2016, 02:19 PM
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I've taken Several ADs in the past and I'm on one naps. Some did make me manic but I was also not taking my mood stabilizer correctly at the time. Since starting in Eva I've been on three or four other ADs and no mania. This current one, emsam, did make me slightly hypomanic for the first few days but then I settled down.
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#7
Oct 06, 2016, 04:01 PM
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As you can see in my signature, I'm Bipolar 1 and take a small dose of Celexa as an AD. Others have made me manic, but I've done really well on this one. Of course, I'm on a mood stabilizer as well as two APs so that pretty much squashes any potential for mania. But I tried twice to get off the Celexa and was absolutely miserable, so my pdoc put me back on it for the duration. YMMV.
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#8
Oct 06, 2016, 09:07 PM
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My med doc put my on an AD for pain, I didn't think to check with the pdoc, and it sent me into "ad induced mania".
No more AD for me
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#9
Oct 06, 2016, 09:09 PM
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Due to seasonal changes, I attempted to try Zoloft while on mood stabilizers, and it spun me into a terrible mixed manic state, so the pdocs refuse to prescribe me antidepressants, thank goodness. Never again.
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Oct 06, 2016, 09:13 PM
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SSRIs and SNRIs made me manic. Tricyclics were hard to dose and I had to change doses depending on how I was doing but I managed on them for a while. I've been on Emsam for 7 years and after my body adjusted it's been fine as long as doses are adjusted when I get manic
I was off ADs for a long time but really need one to function. I couldn't be on one without the AP and other meds.
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#11
Oct 06, 2016, 09:45 PM
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When my Zoloft was titrated upward, I became manic. So we backed off to the previous dose and added Seroquel. I have since returned to the higher dose, but it took two years to change anything since fixing the mania and psychosis.
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#12
Oct 06, 2016, 09:47 PM
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I'm on pristiq and it hasn't made me manic. I haven't been manic since I started it ip when my pdoc changed most my meds actually.
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#13
Oct 06, 2016, 10:18 PM
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See this is my concern....spinning into mania. I'm on two mood stabilizers and one AP. The AP might tame the mania??? What mg of Zoloft were you taking?
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#14
Oct 06, 2016, 10:26 PM
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Are your current symptoms bothering you to the point where it would be worth the risk of switching? I think med changes should only take place when the answer is yes. Unless anyone more experienced would disagree in which case I would love to see their thoughts.
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Oct 06, 2016, 11:38 PM
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Last few years....since 2012 I started being very symptomatic in the winter. By Halloween my depression has set in. I would stay in the house and just sleep, I would cry a lot and think about the past. It took me a real long time to accept the fact that I have a MI. Then I could not get over "why me" ...."what did I do to deserve this punishment". These are really my non-stop thoughts during depression. I always go back to the past. My life before I was sick. Last winter it got so bad I stopped taking showers. Right now I'm starting to feel down again. I use to write a few times a week and I have not in about two weeks. I stayed in weekend before last. Last weekend my youngest daughter really wanted to go a few places. I took her to Starbucks and right back home. This whole week I've been sleeping about 7-8 hours at night. Then wake up at 5:45 am take my youngest daughter to school and go home. Then sleep 3 hours walk my puppy. Then sleep another 2 hours and forty minutes. I am so sleepy I do not eat. I just sleep. I wake up in time to go get my oldest daughter something for lunch. It's just hard because I have a 10 yr old with lots of energy and if I'm depressed it's hard on her. Not sure if I should gamble...
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Oct 07, 2016, 09:13 PM
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#17
Oct 07, 2016, 09:59 PM
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Was on Prozac before, took me awhile to notice but it sent me many mixed episodes. I only noticed the difference since I stopped taking it, haven't had a mixed episode since and tbh not many episodes on the whole. So more than likely it was having some effect on my mood cycling.
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#18
Oct 08, 2016, 12:51 AM
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It is an individual outcome if an AD will make you manic. You need to go by your doctor's instructions and see what happens. Otherwise get another doctor. Actually my doctor has told me that an AD will not affect nany with BP. However, I think Welbutrin is the most activating. It is interesting to note that one FDA approved treatment for BP is the combo of Fluoxetine and Olanzapine. Fluoxetine is one of the more activating ADs. So keep this in mind.
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Oct 08, 2016, 06:46 AM
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Lexapro. I am also on Lamictal and zolpidem with PRN zyprexa and ativan if I am manic.
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#20
Oct 08, 2016, 09:40 PM
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I take a tiny amount of Paxil, 10 mg, for anxiety. My pdoc added a low dose of Lamictal to help balance mood swings.
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