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No meds?

I know I posted a lot but recently diagnosised so lots of questions. Is it possible to be medicate only when being manic? I have had depression episodes but nothing major and never been hospitalized. My therapist thinks it is honestly more anxiety than depression as I scored in the 100th percentile for anxiety....

I have my ADHD medication which I will not give up. It has helped a lot an I stick to a routine most days. Though that gets boring fast I realize it helps me to stay focus. But my hypomania isn't even that bad. I have racing thoughts and the need to keep going and to go out and be productive. Sometimes I spend more than I should and I can be impulsive. But I have never had what was called grandiose, don't become more extroverted, don't do all the drinking or anything destructive.

So is it possible when I hit those few weeks of energized bunny to be treated with something that just calms? I am going to talk to my shrink about it when I see him Thursday but I was just curious. I hate the way I felt with the way this treatment is and this was the safest course for me. I do go to therapy once a week so I will not change that either. But I never really had true life interference from switching to energized bunny to what I call normal. My sleep is my biggest complaint.

Posted Mar 24, 2012, 9:54 PM UTC

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