Freedom1964 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Hi, I've been medication-free for 14 years and I've just written to the psychiatrist who originally diagnosed me with Bipolar 1 in 2002 to see if I can get the diagnosis overturned because my mania was caused by sertraline. I'd be very interested to hear from other members who were never manic before being on antidepressants. 2000-2002 sertraline 2002 sodium valproate 2002-2004 sertraline 2004-2007 lithium 2007 lithium taper beginning July, completed September. Link to comment
Moderator getofflex Posted August 26, 2021 Moderator Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) Hello, and welcome to the forum. Congratulations on being psych med free! That is a major accomplishment. Here is a thread on this forum where members talk about mania and bipolar: Bipolar, Mood Swings, Mania, Hypomania, Depression We also have an extensive forum called "Introductions and Updates" where all the members share their stories and drug and tapering history. To find information there, I suggest you do the following google searches: survivingantidepressants.org mania survivingantidepressants.org mania SSRI survivingantidepressants.org mania adverse effect survivingantidepressants.org mania sertraline You may think of some other google searches. Good luck, and I'll bet you will find plenty of other people who had mania while on antidepressants. Edited August 26, 2021 by getofflex Please do not private message me or tag me. ***Please note this is not medical advice. Discuss any decisions about your medical care with a doctor who understands psych meds and how to withdraw from them, if you can find one. Lexapro Started Apr 15 2010 - 10 mg; started taper August 2017, recent taper info: Apr 2 '20 0.18 mg; Jul 16 0.17 mg, Aug 23 0.16 mg, Oct 7 0.15 mg, Nov 8 - 0.14, Jan 16 '21 - 0.13, Feb 7 - 0.12, Feb 22 - 0.11, Mar 26 - 0.10, May 21 - 0.09, June 15 - 0.08 Aug 16 - 0.07, Oct 6 - 0.06, Nov 21 0.05, Dec. 17 0.04, Jan 14 '22 0.03, Feb 19 0.02, Apr 18 0.01, May 15 0.005, Jul 8, 0.00. Psych Drug Free as of July 8, 2022!! Woohoo!!! other meds: Levothyroxine 75 mg magnesium in small amounts at 4 AM, before bed suppl AM: fish oil, flax oil, vit C, vit E, multivitamin, zinc suppl 8 PM: magnesium 350 mg, extended release vitamin C, melatonin 2 mg Paxil 2002 - 2010, switched to Lexapro 2010 Trazodone 50 mg. 2002 - 2019, fast tapered in 2019 Xanax 0.5 mg as needed 2002 - 2019, up to 3x weekly Link to comment
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