Posted by mattdds on March 3, 2003, at 7:23:39
In reply to The Australian Champion of Nardil!- now at 105mg. , posted by ace on March 2, 2003, at 21:26:31
Ace,
Man, if I hadn't already gotten so much better on my current regimen of Klonopin + CBT, your enthusiastic posts would have me convinced to do a run of Nardil or another MAOI!Keep up the posts, please.
FWIW, you don't sound manic to me. I remember when I first came out of a deep depression, I would be driving around in my car yelling, with the windows down about how good it felt. Was I manic? Perhaps I looked manic (even a bit psychotic to other drivers), but I would say just extremely relieved after all the hell. Kinda like getting better after the flu, but so much more pronounced. If I was (hypo)manic, I don't see the harm - I wasn't out spending my life's savings or picking up random hookers on the street, or thinking I was about to change the world. I was just back to feeling the same old good feelings I felt abound 9 years ago, and the thoughts you have been posting remind me so much of that great feeling!
Keep on Nardil-ing your way to blissful hypomania! And keep posting, this is great stuff.
BTW, have you tried any CBT for OCD? I don't have OCD, but hear CBT is quickly becoming one of the treatments of choice.
Best,
Matt
p.s. I hope anyone with bipolar that reads this doesn't take this post the wrong way. I know mania has bad implications for people with bipolar. I just don't think this is what Ace is experiencing. Just a friendly disclaimer.
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