Posted by BrittPark on October 2, 2002, at 18:09:43
In reply to Help, please! PMDD, cyclothymia, Prozac? (long), posted by Saragram on October 2, 2002, at 14:03:11
It certainly seems that your daughter could be BP, and your concern about prozac is well founded. ADs without a mood stabilizer tend to send bi-polars into hypo- or full blown mania. The first priority as I see it is to get her to see a psychiatrist, not the family GP. If he's any good he should be able to help her a lot. I imagine that convincing her to see a specialist may be difficult for you. That's the difficulty with manic or hypomanic people, they tend not to respond to reason very well. I know this from experience. My wife had a hypomanic episode several years ago and it was more than a little difficult to reason with her. Happily she didn't have BP; she was just reacting to an insanely high dosage of paxil prescribed by an incompetent psychiatrist.
I hope this helps some if only from my sympathy which you, your daughter, and your son-in-law have.
Britt
P.S. Keep checking the board, there are many people more knowledgable about BP than me, who will have good advice.
P.P.S. Don't forget to take care of yourself.
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