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Posted by angelia on January 17, 2004, at 10:46:42
My husband at the age of 45 over the course of a 2wk time became very paranoid, unable to sleep for days on end, depressed to the point of close hospitalization. Treatment was sought and he was diagnosed with paranoid schizoprenia or bipolar d/o. The Dr was really unable to truly unable to discern. He was treated with Zyprexa at25mg,with great results after only 3wks of medication.That was a yr ago.Now on Amblify 10mg w/no recurring symptoms since treatment 1st started. His family has a history of schizoprenia on his mothers side.out of 13 children 1 had the classic symtoms from age 20,til his death. 1 did not show signs until 32 and con'ts to be treated at age 73 and 3 had more classic signs of anxiety d/o with schizoprenia traits but only for short perods of time and take no medication at this time or after the symptoms subsided. They are now in their late 60's and eary 70's. My husband is the middle child of 3 and very well adjusted, intelligent and social. I feel like I need more infor on later life exper onset of this and have been unsuccessful in this quest. HELP!
Posted by MARKED on January 17, 2004, at 13:27:13
In reply to anyone heard of this?, posted by angelia on January 17, 2004, at 10:46:42
There is quite alot of info here relating to the various signs your husband showed, bipolar is a good start in the searches.
Often cell membranes can be affected with age, as well as many other things you can search in posts.
Antiepileptic drugs have been used more and more for bipolar specific disorders. These become mood stabilisers. Age isn't necessary a cause, but it can influence things as well as history bloodlines.
Best to post questions in others posts relating to what you learn, specifically are in need of help with. But this is a good start :)
Posted by shar on January 17, 2004, at 15:20:21
In reply to Re: anyone heard of this?, posted by MARKED on January 17, 2004, at 13:27:13
I wanted to encourage Angie to be sure to differentiate between drugs that deal with mania and those for depression in bipolar disorder. Many of the "mood stabilizers" are aimed toward capping mania, and don't really address depression. Alternately, giving SSRIs to someone with BP can kick them into mania; so if treating depression, there are other better alternatives.
Of course, that's just general principle. There may be folks with bipolar disorder who do well with SSRIs and are helped by mood stabilizers on the depressive end of things--mainly because we all seem to react according to our own idiosyncratic physiology.
Just wanted to mention that.
Shar
Posted by MARKED on January 17, 2004, at 16:14:52
In reply to Re: anyone heard of this?, posted by shar on January 17, 2004, at 15:20:21
Yes in general i would agree with that, I am hoping that a mood stabiliser will help me deal better with the long term depressive side of the BP. Also having the RIMA (moclobemide) reversible MAOI i think a mood stabiliser may actually contribute to the reversible side of it (and not be as specific as generally how people feel that the stabiliser will only deal with the manic side of it.
I think the common ground is that people would prefer a bit of controlled mania over, a bit of uncontrolled depression. Mania seems to be able to be perceived better and the active mind is able to (with correct awarness of one's self) be used to an advantage to promote motivation and emotive feelings, rather than the lack of interraction when one is in a depressed state (feeling helpless/hopeless/negative).
But I do see and understand you point....and I hope she is able to learn more along the way to help her feel more sucure in finding what may suit the situation pertaining to her, or her perception of what is the affecting problem.Wish i could help more.....but she's on the right track. It's never to late to learn.
Posted by shar on January 18, 2004, at 16:05:19
In reply to Re: anyone heard of this?, posted by MARKED on January 17, 2004, at 16:14:52
My beau is BPII and we did exhaustive research on BP meds, as well as nootropics, herbs, supps, etc. As you probably know, it is as complex as an intricate spider's web.
I was really surprised how much black/white thinking went on in some of the med articles we read (which is true of any mood disorder, I think), and how many recommendations of BP related meds were almost totally focused on controlling mania, and so few recommended meds for depression--and those that did often recommended SSRIs!
Again, it's all going to interact with our systems according to our systems, and it sounds like your 'cocktail' has some thought behind it, so you may be in very good hands.
For somebody just beginning to explore any mood disorder, it's nice to have some general ideas of what to look for IMHO.
Shar
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