Comments on: It Is Time to Heed the Bipolar Disorder Symptoms http://cureanxiety.com/it-is-time-to-heed-the-bipolar-disorder-symptoms Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:33:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Kleinhttp://cureanxiety.com/it-is-time-to-heed-the-bipolar-disorder-symptoms#comment-35 David Klein Sat, 15 May 2010 03:16:22 +0000 http://cureanxiety.com/?p=470#comment-35 Living abroad (in Europe) I went to see a French psychiatrist about anxiety that came out of nowhere, since I had several relatives that seemed to have had in the past manic-depressive symptoms he did something rather odd, he asked me to take a lithium test, I came out as low, and he asked me to take it again, it wasn't until the level of "normal" lithium in the blood kept coming lower than normal (about between .5 and 1.5 cc I think) he gave me a prescription for carbonate lithium and asked me to see him within a month, later after the level came normal he asked me if I had had depression or some level of mania such as rushed actions, flight of thoughts, I had the later plus anxiety so he prescribed lamictal as a mood estabilizer and to supposedly take care of anxiety, it didn't work as much as expected and he increased the amount, but it wasn't until I was getting obsessions that would last for weeks for just about anything that would come to mind and that increasing lamictal (lamotrigin) wasn't working that he considered changing course, it wasn't until I had an episode in which I had a continuous flight of thoughts that I could not control that he prescriped alonzapine (Zyprexa) and this was the first psychotropic medication I ever took, at first it made me sleepy but then the flight of thoughts wen away and the anxiety kind of went away, just a little bit, he told me that after six months he would take away the medication but after he tried it and the rush of thoughts came back he put me on it again, he said I needed to wait three years until the syntax that created this "neural road" died, so he could wean me out of it. I am comfortable taking it though. I am moving back to the states since my financial situation in Europe is no longer viable, in my travels the only psychiatrist I have seen was in Mexico during travel there, but I have never sat with a US or Canadian psychatrist, or with a British or Irish either though. My doctor mentioned that there are two "schools" in western psychiatry one is dubbed the "American school", but it includes all English speaking countries, the other is the "Continental school" and it has been centered since the 1950s in Germany and France and countries such as Spain, Italy and Latin American countries belong to this school, which is rather conservative. The C-School (to call it for short) does not believe for example in some newer diagnosis such as Juvenile Bipolar condition and assumes that it is rare and that diagnoses for anyone under 26 is difficult and most behaviour can be assumed to other, usually psychological, causes. And this is a big disagreement with AA (Anglo-American that is English-speaking world) psychiatry, using EPSCO database I found about 12 recent journals and papers on juvenile bipolar disorder and diagnosis differentiating it from other causes, and then one by a German psychiatrist that claims the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children is only 2 percent while psychiatrist across the English Channel testify to the opposite. I will be moving back to the US as mentioned and worry not just over the cost of the medication (something I have not really worried in France but will have to when I return to a country I have not been since I was 12) but what should I expect from a US psychiatrist, I will be living close to Mexico and had been considering seeing a Mexican doctor like I did that summer many years ago but basically south of the border you have to be careful who you go to and I don't have any references outside of Mexico City and with the current situation in Mexico is not a safe alternative anyway. Can anyone give me a few hints on doctors in the San Antonio area?, Can I find a US (Anglo-American "school) psychiatrist who would agree with a treatment by a rather conservative "continental school" doctor, despite shortcoming I feel comfortable with my lithium, lamotrigin (Lamictal) and olanzapine (Zyprexa) treatment. Any thoughts? Living abroad (in Europe) I went to see a French psychiatrist about anxiety that came out of nowhere, since I had several relatives that seemed to have had in the past manic-depressive symptoms he did something rather odd, he asked me to take a lithium test, I came out as low, and he asked me to take it again, it wasn’t until the level of “normal” lithium in the blood kept coming lower than normal (about between .5 and 1.5 cc I think) he gave me a prescription for carbonate lithium and asked me to see him within a month, later after the level came normal he asked me if I had had depression or some level of mania such as rushed actions, flight of thoughts, I had the later plus anxiety so he prescribed lamictal as a mood estabilizer and to supposedly take care of anxiety, it didn’t work as much as expected and he increased the amount, but it wasn’t until I was getting obsessions that would last for weeks for just about anything that would come to mind and that increasing lamictal (lamotrigin) wasn’t working that he considered changing course, it wasn’t until I had an episode in which I had a continuous flight of thoughts that I could not control that he prescriped alonzapine (Zyprexa) and this was the first psychotropic medication I ever took, at first it made me sleepy but then the flight of thoughts wen away and the anxiety kind of went away, just a little bit, he told me that after six months he would take away the medication but after he tried it and the rush of thoughts came back he put me on it again, he said I needed to wait three years until the syntax that created this “neural road” died, so he could wean me out of it. I am comfortable taking it though.
I am moving back to the states since my financial situation in Europe is no longer viable, in my travels the only psychiatrist I have seen was in Mexico during travel there, but I have never sat with a US or Canadian psychatrist, or with a British or Irish either though.
My doctor mentioned that there are two “schools” in western psychiatry one is dubbed the “American school”, but it includes all English speaking countries, the other is the “Continental school” and it has been centered since the 1950s in Germany and France and countries such as Spain, Italy and Latin American countries belong to this school, which is rather conservative.
The C-School (to call it for short) does not believe for example in some newer diagnosis such as Juvenile Bipolar condition and assumes that it is rare and that diagnoses for anyone under 26 is difficult and most behaviour can be assumed to other, usually psychological, causes. And this is a big disagreement with AA (Anglo-American that is English-speaking world) psychiatry, using EPSCO database I found about 12 recent journals and papers on juvenile bipolar disorder and diagnosis differentiating it from other causes, and then one by a German psychiatrist that claims the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children is only 2 percent while psychiatrist across the English Channel testify to the opposite.
I will be moving back to the US as mentioned and worry not just over the cost of the medication (something I have not really worried in France but will have to when I return to a country I have not been since I was 12) but what should I expect from a US psychiatrist, I will be living close to Mexico and had been considering seeing a Mexican doctor like I did that summer many years ago but basically south of the border you have to be careful who you go to and I don’t have any references outside of Mexico City and with the current situation in Mexico is not a safe alternative anyway.
Can anyone give me a few hints on doctors in the San Antonio area?, Can I find a US (Anglo-American “school) psychiatrist who would agree with a treatment by a rather conservative “continental school” doctor, despite shortcoming I feel comfortable with my lithium, lamotrigin (Lamictal) and olanzapine (Zyprexa) treatment.
Any thoughts?

]]> By: ELFEEhttp://cureanxiety.com/it-is-time-to-heed-the-bipolar-disorder-symptoms#comment-28 ELFEE Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:12:00 +0000 http://cureanxiety.com/?p=470#comment-28 WHAT SORT OF TREATMENT DO I NEED IF I HAVE A BIPOLAR DISORDER?? WHAT SORT OF TREATMENT DO I NEED IF I HAVE A BIPOLAR DISORDER??

]]> By: Novellenhttp://cureanxiety.com/it-is-time-to-heed-the-bipolar-disorder-symptoms#comment-25 Novellen Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:26 +0000 http://cureanxiety.com/?p=470#comment-25 can anybody help with the relevant medication for my bipolar disorder. can anybody help with the relevant medication for my bipolar disorder.

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