Posted by WorryGirl on June 15, 2003, at 18:12:46
In reply to Re: Recent diagnosis, posted by bookgurl99 on June 15, 2003, at 8:04:15
> part of me thinks that certain diagnoses come into vogue, and then _everyone_ has to have a patient with this one thing. part of me wonders if you just have severe anxiety with associated depression.
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> i mean, are you experiencing true mania? maybe i'm just remembering wrong, but i don't recall you ever posting about having mania.
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> what do you think?
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> booksThanks books,
I know what you mean...
I am so frustrated and sad right now. I've been taking this med for a few days and I think I'm feeling worse, not better.Today I feel the most depressed I've ever felt in my life, plus I'm extremely anxious. Can you feel totally depressed and anxious at the same time? Would this be considered bipolar?
The med (depakote) isn't relieving my depression or anxiety at all. I don't feel zoned out or really feel anything at all from it. Maybe I need more time on it? The only positive thing is that this med helps me fall to sleep easier.
When talking to this pdoc he said it sounded like I had some "manic" symptoms. I don't even remember everything I said things are so blurry to me right now in the midst of my discouragement. I think I was hoping for something that would make me feel somewhat normal and not so d*** anxious (or depressed).
How would you define mania anyway? The only things I can think of that might qualify a manic about me are my tendencies to get so absorbed in something that I can't concentrate on anything else. I hate distractions and lately I am much, much more tense, irritable and frustrated (when I'm not feeling depressed). I have gone on shopping binges occasionally but compared to others I have known my spending is small potatoes.
I think your diagnoses is much more on target. When I talk to my therapist in 2 weeks I'm going to tell her (along with the pdoc) that I would like to try some kind of antidepressant or anti-anxiety med.
I am leaving to visit my friend in TN for the next week, so I probably won't be posting much from there.
WG
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