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Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 7,046
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Elder
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 7,046
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Thank you for the articles.
I have no doubt now that this is what's happening. I remember the feeling of "inner-tension" and the psychomotor activity I was experiencing prior to being admitted for dysphoric/agitated mania. It's just happening to a lesser degree.
I'm only feeling these symptoms in the morning. I doubt I would be feeling them at this point at all if I was one of the patients who responded to only a nightly dose of Seroquel. But so far, the prns are doing the job.
I hope this is just a shift to a positive mood, but I escalated into a more pronounced euphoric hypomania during the middle of last week, requiring my meds to be readjusted. When I was in the hospital, they treated the dysphoric mania like mania. There is little room (50mg) to adjust the Seroquel again if I escalate.
I'm worried that I may max out on Seroquel and require an additional drug, posing more problems. The only drugs I found commonly used with Seroquel are Depakote and Lithiium. I cannot take Depakote, and would only even entertain the idea of taking Lithium at a very low dose.
Both my pdoc and the psychiatrist in the hospital told me I'm "running out of drugs." And that's not a comfortable thought to have right now.
Kay
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