Apr 09, 2018 at 04:43 PM
For a lot of people with BP, taking AD's in the long-term can cause mania. My pdoc has put me on them short term if I'm very depressed (namely Effexor or Wellbutrin), but she points out if I'm on them longer than 3 or 4 months, I usually turn manic. So it really depends on the person. Anti-depressants can help some people with bipolar; for others, it is a flip of the switch and brings on mania.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia, panic disorder, ADHD
Seroquel, Cymbalta, , propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, omeperazole
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
--Robert Frost
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