Dazza123
19-11-13, 21:24
Hi
Has anyone ever started having manic episodes due to SSRI's?
Ive been on Sertraline for a while (months) and for 3 or 4 weeks I start to feel quite calm and relaxed, then after this point I start to get manic, Im going on shopping sprees for things I don't even want or need, my mind races, I can't sleep, can't sit down, just can't stop doing anything.
I bought a fish tank recently, its an old hobby, thought it might help to concentrate my mind and help me relax and take my mind off my problems, but all of a sudden I had 6 fish tanks and am still looking for more, and I don't even want any more, I don't think I even want the ones I have, apart from 1 or 2 that I could manage with, yet today I have spent all day emailing people selling tanks, asking for details etc, then I get a silence in my head where it becomes clear that this isn't normal, but it quickly passes and I am manic again.
In the past I have stopped the Sertraline for a week or so, then started up again, and been ok for a few weeks before falling into these manic episodes again.
I have never done well with any type of AD, all of them have made me feel worse, but I need something because of severe stress/anxiety and my difficulties with eating (swallowing disorder) which I have had for 1 year and 8 months now. Without some type of medication I can't and do not eat. I'm having diazepam 2mg or 4mg a day to help with eating, but sometimes it isn't enough and the AD can help, but I can't cope with this mania, its weird and I don't like it at all.
I don't know what to do :shrug:
Has anyone ever started having manic episodes due to SSRI's?
Ive been on Sertraline for a while (months) and for 3 or 4 weeks I start to feel quite calm and relaxed, then after this point I start to get manic, Im going on shopping sprees for things I don't even want or need, my mind races, I can't sleep, can't sit down, just can't stop doing anything.
I bought a fish tank recently, its an old hobby, thought it might help to concentrate my mind and help me relax and take my mind off my problems, but all of a sudden I had 6 fish tanks and am still looking for more, and I don't even want any more, I don't think I even want the ones I have, apart from 1 or 2 that I could manage with, yet today I have spent all day emailing people selling tanks, asking for details etc, then I get a silence in my head where it becomes clear that this isn't normal, but it quickly passes and I am manic again.
In the past I have stopped the Sertraline for a week or so, then started up again, and been ok for a few weeks before falling into these manic episodes again.
I have never done well with any type of AD, all of them have made me feel worse, but I need something because of severe stress/anxiety and my difficulties with eating (swallowing disorder) which I have had for 1 year and 8 months now. Without some type of medication I can't and do not eat. I'm having diazepam 2mg or 4mg a day to help with eating, but sometimes it isn't enough and the AD can help, but I can't cope with this mania, its weird and I don't like it at all.
I don't know what to do :shrug: