Posted by B Day on October 24, 2000, at 13:48:49
In reply to Can Celexa cause depression?, posted by JC Godin on October 24, 2000, at 11:28:06
I'm pretty new to all of this and not particularly knowledgeable of these issues, but it has been indicated by my Psychiatrist as well as on this board that the symptoms you express might indicate that you have another or at least some elements of another condition such as bipolarity.
It seems that regarding the subtler forms, Bi Polar II disorder can be misdiagnosed as unipolar depression on occasion. Some have expressed that this can occur particularly when one's initial diagnosis and treatment comes during a period of long depression. This happened to me.
In my case, the depressive side of my cycle is very powerful and the manic side much less so. I am hypomanic in the upper phase. I couldn't see this at first nor could my first two physicians since I so well matched the classic case of severe depression when I sought their help.
However, my latest doc asked me to write down how I felt. When I finished, I printed out and handed him my ten page assessment. He shot me a sideways glance and suggested we look more at the overall profile of my life. We did and he immediately suspected that I might be Bi Polar.
Separately, I took a test for indications of bipolarity and frankly scored lowly on it. However, when I took the same quiz considering other episodes in my life it started becoming clear to me that my new doc was most likely correct. Indeed I could see quite a number of alternating episodes of hypomania and depression in my life.
I am currently taking Celexa (one week now). This was prescribed by my second doc. My new doc and I will be watching Celexa's effect on me closely in the coming weeks. He says it will be ok for now in that I need to come up from my depression, but if I begin to show signs of hypomania or a reversal of the effects we desire from Celexa, then my medication will need to be adjusted, augmented or changed. It just depends on what happens to me. Some of the symptoms you've expressed are ones that we'll be watching for carefully.
Perhaps you have another, different condition from mine. There are many folks here who can help you sort through all this much better than I'm able. In fact, I hope I've not misinformed you on anything. I'm learning much about myself these days, but my understanding is that of a newbie. I just wanted to share with you my own brief experience thus far. It seemed somewhat relevant to your case.
Good luck.
BTW, my apologies for being so long-winded. I certainly envy those folks who can say things like "Well, let's not worry to much about how the mule got in the ditch. Let's work on gettin' him out".
B
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