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Anyone ever have this happen
| Wed, 01-31-2007 - 6:31pm |
I've been doing a lot of reading on depression and anxiety lately because I haven't felt well.
| Wed, 01-31-2007 - 6:31pm |
Yes, in fact I had similar problems with Effexor until I started taking Topamax for migraines. It's how I got the bipolar label. I had a lot of derealization events that lasted for longish periods of time. I was also really irratible and had some serious mood swings. I was on Effexor (225mg/day) for about 3.5 months before the Topamax was added (by a neurologist, not my pdoc) and it was a really hard 3.5 months on myself and DH. I kept telling my pdoc and my pcp that really felt like I needed to get off my medication because I everything felt so wrong all the time. The pcp agreed and suggested a tapering schedule, but pdoc had a fit and I agreed to give it a little more time.
I had a resurgance of the derealization events, but at a much more extreme level accompanied by paranoia and some hallucinations right before I found out I was pregnant and the pdoc added seroquel. Before this problem I was feeling great and it was the first time since by daughter was born 4 years before that I felt "normal". I'd been on various AD's alone for 3 of those years, punctuated by periods when I'd get upset and toss all my meds, spiral into depression and go back to the doctor to get another prescription.
I have a dx of atypical bipolar...whatever that means.