Am I correct in thinking that....TRIGGER

“antidepressants” are often contraindicated in bipolar because they are ineffective and/or tend to trigger mania or hypomania?

I was on another forum where someone kept saying he has bipolar and how his doctor was increasing his “antidepressant” again
please forgive my ignorance . The doctors in my forest tell me nothing or lie to me

Personally I’ve been allergic to nearly all the psych meds I have tried. I was once accused of that being unlikely by some know it all. Thud (nobody here) .. why would I make that up? jeeze. I’ve been told by at least one doctor I am the most allergic “patient” they have ever had. I am also not as patient - or gullible? as some seem In this forest since I know every time they IRL try to feed me with lies and bs (RAIN3)

If I saw a medic now I shudder to think what new labels they would give me maybe some “accurate” and some not GRRRRR (THUD)

My “stuff” is all mixed up and intertwined. I hate labels as I find them confining and they have been used against me IRL (GRRRRR face)

(please I request no posts about the current “situation” in the world since this is one of my triggers I could delete this freakin post but maybe I am as deserving of support as anyone else That is not what They IRL say . And no I have never killed anyone or even hurt anyone :-(

I have a new supply of benzos. And another med that does nothing. I tried seroquel. It caused weight gain and when I increased the dose a scary allergic rash. The side effects of these meds freak me out .. particularly the rash And something else I will not speak of.... the rash sounds trivial to some (I know different..)

I was just thinking that I kinda get why some therapist irl found me frustrating as I was so untrusting ... I did not trust him not to hurt me (and I was not mistaken )

Someone in another group said I was either “scared and suspicious” or “aggressive and sullen”.. idk.. maybe. I wonder what that person was (dunno) Perfect, I guesss...........



Sorry about the whine. :-(

I am not sure if I am bipolar II or not (my current psych has the following diagnosis in the system about me--bipolar II in remission) but it has always been "in remission" and I was the one that brought up the concern that I might be bipolar. I do have anxiety and, in the past, worried compulsively after my attempt about what my diagnosis was--so sometimes our anxiety can make us think everything is wrong with us!

Anyways, just said that to say that I take two antidepressants (100 mg Bupropion and 25 mg Sertraline--very low dosages). If I am bipolar II (I just will never be sure that I am) then they are still helping me. I think sometimes people just have to experiment and see what works. Our brains do not come with easy to read gauges and are effected by so many things in our environment.

I’d love to be able to experiment . I can’t since I am scarily allergic to them



Someone suggested lamictal which is in a different class to several of the others I was allergic to.

There a numerous meds for depression that can be used on someone that has Bipolar. I myself have taking Doxepin in the past , its for depression and anxiety. I was taking it for sleep.

there are a lot of bipolar 2 people who take antidepressants.

they are really not at risk if they also take a mood stabilizer.
Lamictal is a first choice mood stabilizer with anti depressant qualities. I have taken it for years. I encourage you to try it for a few months. start low25-50mg for a while the increase from there. The pharmacist knows how to gradually increase the medication. I currently take 150mg twice a day.
bizi
I also take haldol and many other drugs.

I would have died many years ago had I not been on an antidepressant. I don't know how bp people do it without one.