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Possibly a bit of mania from my anti depressants

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kobeshiba
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Posted on Sep 29, 2007

I have noticed since I started taking Cymbalt well a couple months after I feel a bit maniac. I am able to get up for the day at 5:00 when before I slept until 11:00. Now I need less sleep. It actually feels great which we all know some maniac episodes feel good. I feel better that I have in a very long time. OR could it just be that the Cymbalta is working so well that I have no more signs of depression. I don't go to the doctor until October 17th so I have a few weeks to try and figure things out myself. i must confess I have had two days were my mood swung down in the evening but again I thought mabye I was just tired from waking up at 5:00. Please if anybody has experienced this or has any ideas what is going on let me know. Karrie
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lmocombe
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1. Re: Possibly a bit of mania from my anti depressants
Sep 29, 2007 7:20 PM In response to: kobeshiba

Karrie,

As for me, I am on 25mg of Zoloft. They do that to keep me a tad bit on the "up" side. My therapist has told me that when your bipolar the main concern is that antidepressants can make you manic. Not sure if that is your issue but that is my personal experience with antidepressants.

It could be though that your meds are working! If that is that case good for you. Some of us would love to feel stable for longer then a few days :-)

Lori

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2. Re: Possibly a bit of mania from my anti depressants
Sep 29, 2007 7:44 PM In response to: kobeshiba

Tell your doctor ASAP. Do not wait until the 7th. I was on Wellbutrin (prescribed by a doctor previous to the one I am seeing). They put me on too much and life was very, very hard. I became manic but it got worse after awhile. I started to get up in the middle of the night and "go off". Eventually, I ended up in the hospital with self inflicted injuries and had to stay a week. Do not wait!!

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