shrink said not to worry..I am not on the bipolar scale whatsoever but has decreased my medicine I have been on for 4 years.... hypomania is also a side effect of numerous medications, often those used in psychopharmacotherapy. In cases of true drug-induced hypomania, discontinuation of the antidepressant or other drug that has caused or triggered the episode—for example steroid therapy or stimulants such as amphetamine—usually causes a fairly swift return to normal mood, though it may be judged to have uncovered an underlying bipolar disorder (though drug-induced mania would by definition not count towards a diagnosis of Bipolar I, and drug-induced hypomania would not count towards Bipolar II). It is less likely to be a side effect in those with pure clinical depression or unipolar depression, unless for example tricyclic antidepressants are given in very high doses.
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 23:31:11 +0000