Comments on: Bipolar Hypomania vs. Full Blown Mania http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/bipolar-hypomania-vs-full-blown-mania/ by Julie A. Fast Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: richard http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/bipolar-hypomania-vs-full-blown-mania/comment-page-1/#comment-774 richard Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:45:09 +0000 http://bipolarhappens.com/bhblog/2008/02/28/bipolar-hypomania-vs-full-blown-mania/#comment-774 I have experience a illness/disorder for 3 years now, its something that came about in the realm of a panic attack that compounded for months and years, I have self medicated with street durgs and alcohol, I have also seen more than 3 phy. docs regarding my problems that were not going away, my symptoms initially were deep fear and scared of everything,severe-severe insomina--which at this point disabled me from working or even getting out of bed,I stoped using street drugs, I was put on tons of anti-dep and nothing seemed to help I was always fatiqued and extremely tired--over the next few years my depression symptoms went away, but what stuck out was a that exsisting underline feeling of irritabilty, anxious and the same trend of sleep patterns(severe insomnia)it feels like my engine is always running and I cant shut off,dispite the fatique and lethergy, I couldnt sleep I also cant sleep without being medicine induced.. I was put on 200 mg of seroquel for sleep , also 40mg of buspar for anxiety, 2 antidep.(cymbalta,paxil) I am also on 100mg of Lamictal which I am understanding one thing that seroquel and lamictal together are breaking the ice of my insomnia it has helped me sleep deeper its not the best but its a heck of alot better than I was sleeping, I feel more functional, the lamictal started out great than leveled of and than feel off, but my story of symptoms has probably one question and that is, "could I be Bipolar after these last few years and not known"? I would like to here from an experience individual that knows about B.P.dD Thank You, Rich I have experience a illness/disorder for 3 years now, its something that came about in the realm of a panic attack that compounded for months and years, I have self medicated with street durgs and alcohol, I have also seen more than 3 phy. docs regarding my problems that were not going away, my symptoms initially were deep fear and scared of everything,severe-severe insomina–which at this point disabled me from working or even getting out of bed,I stoped using street drugs, I was put on tons of anti-dep and nothing seemed to help I was always fatiqued and extremely tired–over the next few years my depression symptoms went away, but what stuck out was a that exsisting underline feeling of irritabilty, anxious and the same trend of sleep patterns(severe insomnia)it feels like my engine is always running and I cant shut off,dispite the fatique and lethergy, I couldnt sleep I also cant sleep without being medicine induced.. I was put on 200 mg of seroquel for sleep , also 40mg of buspar for anxiety, 2 antidep.(cymbalta,paxil) I am also on 100mg of Lamictal which I am understanding one thing that seroquel and lamictal together are breaking the ice of my insomnia it has helped me sleep deeper its not the best but its a heck of alot better than I was sleeping, I feel more functional, the lamictal started out great than leveled of and than feel off, but my story of symptoms has probably one question and that is, “could I be Bipolar after these last few years and not known”?

I would like to here from an experience individual that knows about B.P.dD

Thank You,
Rich

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