All this week, I've been experiencing mood switches reminding me of my pre med days, especially the days I was on AD only that drove me "manic".

I just wonder if it's because of the switching of parts?

A low dose of AD hypes my world up, and that's the only reason I suspect of being a beeper, meep meep.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2

All this week, I've been experiencing mood switches reminding me of my pre med days, especially the days I was on AD only that drove me "manic".

I just wonder if it's because of the switching of parts?

A low dose of AD hypes my world up, and that's the only reason I suspect of being a beeper, meep meep.

question do you have a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD?

reason I ask is anti depressants neutralize brain chemicals (by this I mean it brings all the brains chemicals to a more natural and stable level by the neurons and receptors firing and picking up the electrical impulses at a more stable even slower rate not a faster rate.)

anti depressants are not stimulants ( a kind of medication that causes someone to become hyper , manic, not able to sit still...) it actually works the opposite way making people slow, foggy minded, lack of affect (some people on antidepressants cant feel one way or anther, the meds keep them in a state of neutrality or no emotions.)

but with people with ADD and ADHD .....sometimes.... Anti depressants have a stimulating affect rather than a slowing down affect causing them to have more hyperactivity.

if you do have ADD or ADHD talk with your treatment providers there are some Antidepressants that do not have a stimulating affect on people with this problem.

my suggestion whether you have ADD/ADHD or not if this continues to bother you contact your treatment providers they can make changes/adjustments so that this doesnt keep happening to you.

Originally Posted by amandalouise

question do you have a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD?

reason I ask is anti depressants neutralize brain chemicals (by this I mean it brings all the brains chemicals to a more natural and stable level by the neurons and receptors firing and picking up the electrical impulses at a more stable even slower rate not a faster rate.)

anti depressants are not stimulants ( a kind of medication that causes someone to become hyper , manic, not able to sit still...) it actually works the opposite way making people slow, foggy minded, lack of affect (some people on antidepressants cant feel one way or anther, the meds keep them in a state of neutrality or no emotions.)

but with people with ADD and ADHD .....sometimes.... Anti depressants have a stimulating affect rather than a slowing down affect causing them to have more hyperactivity.

if you do have ADD or ADHD talk with your treatment providers there are some Antidepressants that do not have a stimulating affect on people with this problem.

my suggestion whether you have ADD/ADHD or not if this continues to bother you contact your treatment providers they can make changes/adjustments so that this doesnt keep happening to you.

I'm suspected to have ADD and have tried adderoll, but stimulants are too addictive and affects my mood. I've tried a few different kinds of AD, all with ill or undesirable side effects.

I was doubting last night, but it's more than obvious. I am bipolar affected. We'd grasp at anything to rise up a notch to normalcy.

There's something to be said about AD induced bipolar. AD induces hypomania in bipolar affected people.

With a stabilizer (Lamictal) I stabilize on the depressed side, then we use AD (Prozac 25 mg) to bring me up to baseline. .5 mg less it doesn't work, .5 mg more I go hypomanic.

AD alone throws me into Ultradian cycling, like a yo-yo, and the highs and lows are magnified. Along with hypo, I'll switch into mind numbing depression. This once caused a pdoc to increase my AD several times which made it worse and worse till it got figured out.

When a happy alter switches out a depressed alter, it almost feels the same as bipolar switching. Alter switching is instantaneous, like jumping into a pool, one moment your dry, the next your wet. Bipolar switching is more of a rocket ride from the pits of hell to the stars in less than a second, or that same rocket crashing back to hell in the same amount of time.

There's no doubt I'm bipolar. Some of the others still don't want to accept that were mentally defective.

[CopperStar]

I've wondered about this when reading some of your other posts, but wasn't sure if it would have been out of line for me to speculate. DID can mimic the symptoms of many, many other mental illnesses and disorders. Without integration, I think it's almost impossible to confidently diagnose other illnesses/disorders alongside DID. Compartmentalization can produce mood swings, anxiety attacks, depression symptoms and even psychosis-like experiences via flashbacks and layered perceptions.

Something else to consider is that some research studies show that dissociative symptoms are very common in bipolar disorder, as the disorder itself can be so overwhelming as to trigger such strong coping mechanisms. DDNOS from childhood trauma combined with bipolar disorder can present very much like DID.

A sure-fire way to detect DID is periods of amnesia. If you have large chunks of your memory missing, and/or lose time throughout the week/day, this strongly suggests DID. And if you have DID, DID itself can, again, cause tons of symptoms that can present like many other illnesses/disorders.

Originally Posted by CopperStar

I've wondered about this when reading some of your other posts, but wasn't sure if it would have been out of line for me to speculate. DID can mimic the symptoms of many, many other mental illnesses and disorders. Without integration, I think it's almost impossible to confidently diagnose other illnesses/disorders alongside DID. Compartmentalization can produce mood swings, anxiety attacks, depression symptoms and even psychosis-like experiences via flashbacks and layered perceptions.

Something else to consider is that some research studies show that dissociative symptoms are very common in bipolar disorder, as the disorder itself can be so overwhelming as to trigger such strong coping mechanisms. DDNOS from childhood trauma combined with bipolar disorder can present very much like DID.

A sure-fire way to detect DID is periods of amnesia. If you have large chunks of your memory missing, and/or lose time throughout the week/day, this strongly suggests DID. And if you have DID, DID itself can, again, cause tons of symptoms that can present like many other illnesses/disorders.

For sure, you are absolutely right, DID is often misdiagnosed as bipolar, borderline, or some other disorder and may take years with many different diagnosis and going through a bunch of non working meds because there aren't many pdocs knowledgeable about Dissociative Disorders.

And yes on the amnesia, or missing memories. My days and weeks haves holes in it. Memories stay with the one that experiences it. If anything, that's the part I hate the most. I have no past it seems, just bits and pieces. Flashbacks happen then fades away. Like right now, I really don't know what the workers do, other then they go build stuff.

Sure fire way to tell if one is bipolar is to prescribe them antidepressants (which some pdocs do), and if it drives them nuts, then they are most likely bipolar. Whatever, the meds works, but the others still have their own moods. I'm sure drinking doesn't help none, it's a depressant and it affects some that way, and others it fuels their edge. I surely wish that I was just bipolar. They make a pill for that.

DID or OSDD....it doesn't matter, it all sucks.