sem3720
07-02-2012, 02:49 PM
Hi everyone,
I'd like to get some opinions, and see if anybody has had a similar experience to mine. A couple years ago I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and was having occasional panick attacks, and I was put on lexapro. Days after I started taking it, my mood was lifted and I felt normal again, but then my mood continued to lift and I went into a hypomanic episode. I've never had any other symptoms of bipolor except for when I was on this medication. I also began to have more frequent panick attacks. To manage my reaction, my doctor then added abilify, klonopin, and seroquil over a period of about 2 months. I know now that this was a serious mismanagement, as I did not need antipsychotics for depression/anxiety. All of this medication simply made things worse, and long story short it was a terrible experience that ended up with me in the hospital for a week for suicidal thoughts.
Since then I've been without medication and in therapy, and have done some serious work to manage my anxiety and depression. I've been depression free and my anxiety has improved alot. But I've recently gone through a bad experience that has seemed to trigger my anxiety, I just haven't felt right in the past few weeks. I've felt nervous, jumpy, anxious around people, and at night I have obsessive thoughts about my recent experience that keep me awake and feeling like I'm going crazy. I'm considering going to medication again, but this time taking measure to make sure that the care I am getting is good.
Does anybody have any suggestions, similar experiences, advice?
I'd like to get some opinions, and see if anybody has had a similar experience to mine. A couple years ago I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety, and was having occasional panick attacks, and I was put on lexapro. Days after I started taking it, my mood was lifted and I felt normal again, but then my mood continued to lift and I went into a hypomanic episode. I've never had any other symptoms of bipolor except for when I was on this medication. I also began to have more frequent panick attacks. To manage my reaction, my doctor then added abilify, klonopin, and seroquil over a period of about 2 months. I know now that this was a serious mismanagement, as I did not need antipsychotics for depression/anxiety. All of this medication simply made things worse, and long story short it was a terrible experience that ended up with me in the hospital for a week for suicidal thoughts.
Since then I've been without medication and in therapy, and have done some serious work to manage my anxiety and depression. I've been depression free and my anxiety has improved alot. But I've recently gone through a bad experience that has seemed to trigger my anxiety, I just haven't felt right in the past few weeks. I've felt nervous, jumpy, anxious around people, and at night I have obsessive thoughts about my recent experience that keep me awake and feeling like I'm going crazy. I'm considering going to medication again, but this time taking measure to make sure that the care I am getting is good.
Does anybody have any suggestions, similar experiences, advice?