| Re: Cyclothymia? - anyone here dealing w/?
Hi Jen and Adison,
Cyclothymia can be a real pain to deal with. For years we fly under the mood disorder radar. I was treated for depression for over a decade taking only SSRI's as my major treatment. I always had racing thoughts, insomnia, a tendency to binge eat to slow down my body (it's weird, eating a ton of carbs actually makes the racing go away), and I would get extremely agitated. I remember telling my counselor once that I longed to have a depression in which I just felt like sleeping all the time. That sympton shows up on all teh depression lists and i never had it!
What I did have was all of the feelings listed above but in spite of what would seem to be boundless energy, I had a hard time doing anything. I was overcome by anxiety. I lost the desire to listen to music, eat anything but plain pasta, have sex all stuff that falls into the depression catagory. I just felt like I was on speed while all this was happening.
So, I finally got the cyclothymia dx. I take lamictal daily, as well as celexa. I am also on Seroquel for sleep but am looking to get off of it because it makes me twitch at night. This also happens if I take Benadryl for allergies - don't know if they are related. I can see a bit of an improvement but I still am looking for that magic bullet to slow down the racing. Seroquel comes close but i just hate the side effects.
I would be interested in hearing from you two - or anyone else really, about how you have dealt with this.
Ciao,
Jen
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