I've been on it for three weeks now, currently at 75mg, increasing to 100mg today. Was in a major depressive episode before that with daily suicidal thoughts, disturbed biofunctions, lots of pain, irritability, severe anhedonia, hopelessness, the whole package. It had been building up for a year, lithium along with ssri/nri/snri/quetiapine failed to stop progression.
So at 50 along with 300mg bupropion it seemed to be an awesome antidepressant, no side effects whatsoever (!) which is a huge bonus after having been on lithium for some time. The pills also taste like blackcurrant which is a plus!
Now, after raising the dosage to 100mg, I'm going close to batshit within a week. I get out of bed and without even thinking about caffeine I turn up the music and immediately want to dance, am smoking tons of cigarettes (had gradually stopped smoking to maybe 2 cigarettes per week), need 5 orgasms per day minimum but still can't sleep for shit, my tics are really prominent again, I'm behaving compulsively, lack appetite, impulse control etc.
I thought it's noteworthy for those with bipolar disorder who are looking for a "phase prophylactic" (lol!). Anyway, this is so much better than depression, so I'm totally gonna ride this for a few days before lowering dosage or getting on a neuroleptic!
EDIT: I'm mostly abstaining from drugs except for 30mg (lol) cannabis per day and a cup of tea in the morning. I did however do some ketamine in the last week, partly to pull myself out of depression, but ended up using a k hole dosage instead. So it might also be due to that, but I've never experienced a switch from ketamine before. Probably the combination. You'd still think a switch would be less likely while on a anticonvulsant like this...
To those who have had more than one manic episode, do you think it's a bad idea to "ride on this wave" for a few days?
This is probably going to get cleared up in a couple of days, because my next psychiatrist appointment is on Monday, he has been specialized in bipolar 1 and schizophrenia for decades. My next psychotherapist appointment is tomorrow morning. My last transition from hypomania to full-blown mania took many months and was aided by massive substance abuse, but I'm not sure if this could go down a lot faster since I'm climbing up so rapidly in the past days. I'm not too worried (I am after all hypomanic lol), but I'm not sure if I should be.
So at 50 along with 300mg bupropion it seemed to be an awesome antidepressant, no side effects whatsoever (!) which is a huge bonus after having been on lithium for some time. The pills also taste like blackcurrant which is a plus!
Now, after raising the dosage to 100mg, I'm going close to batshit within a week. I get out of bed and without even thinking about caffeine I turn up the music and immediately want to dance, am smoking tons of cigarettes (had gradually stopped smoking to maybe 2 cigarettes per week), need 5 orgasms per day minimum but still can't sleep for shit, my tics are really prominent again, I'm behaving compulsively, lack appetite, impulse control etc.
I thought it's noteworthy for those with bipolar disorder who are looking for a "phase prophylactic" (lol!). Anyway, this is so much better than depression, so I'm totally gonna ride this for a few days before lowering dosage or getting on a neuroleptic!
EDIT: I'm mostly abstaining from drugs except for 30mg (lol) cannabis per day and a cup of tea in the morning. I did however do some ketamine in the last week, partly to pull myself out of depression, but ended up using a k hole dosage instead. So it might also be due to that, but I've never experienced a switch from ketamine before. Probably the combination. You'd still think a switch would be less likely while on a anticonvulsant like this...
To those who have had more than one manic episode, do you think it's a bad idea to "ride on this wave" for a few days?
This is probably going to get cleared up in a couple of days, because my next psychiatrist appointment is on Monday, he has been specialized in bipolar 1 and schizophrenia for decades. My next psychotherapist appointment is tomorrow morning. My last transition from hypomania to full-blown mania took many months and was aided by massive substance abuse, but I'm not sure if this could go down a lot faster since I'm climbing up so rapidly in the past days. I'm not too worried (I am after all hypomanic lol), but I'm not sure if I should be.
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