Feel great but told i am hyper

Its a real bummer when i feel so good only to be told by my wife, care co-ordinator and pdoc tham i am hyper and therefore ill.  I feel so isolated coz nobody is on my wave length and don't share my beliefs and solutions.  I also feel very frustrated and irritaible.

 Because i love and respect my wife(and myself) I made a contract with her that reflects that i would talk to my care people if she and another person considered that I was high even if i did not share their beliefs. I have kept this promise

I was hospitalized in the summer of this year with severe depression which was diagnosed as bipolar.  I was prescribed a cocktail of anidepressants - vanlafaxine 225, mirtazapine 45.  To help control my mood swings I was prescribed Seroquel 600mg.  I can not tolerate Lithuim because of a kidney complaint.

Now i have been informed that the same medication that kept me well is now contributing to my hyper episode.  To this end my mirtazapine has been stopped.  If i am still hyper after two weeks my pdoc will staryt decreasing the venlafaxine.

Has anyone else on this for forum experienced my situation - concerning the meds especially?

Take care,

Peter

 

It's really common Peter - antidepressants cause mania in people with bipolar. Ask your pdoc if they may want to add another mood stabiliser while they are reducing your a/ds. 600mg Seroquel is a fairly low dose on it's own, but your pdoc knows best. I'm really impressed that you honoured your agreement.
Jade.

Actually Peter, I wasn't thinking straight - just woke up. You could explore the possibility of merely raising your Seroquel dose with your pdoc, (as the a/d's are taken away)... Mood stabilisers alone should be enough to keep you from going into a depression, if the dose is high enough. Everyone is different, so with your pdocs assistance, find what is best for you. You are lucky it is your kidneys not your liver that can't handle meds - it gives you an enormous array of med options, (even though lithium is pretty good).
Cheers

Post Edited (Living Well) : 12/3/2011 3:22:21 PM (GMT-7)