I Take Effexor

in my case, psychotic mania

@crossproduct: what does it do to you

Well, I have bipolar disorder and it kept constantly kicking me much higher than I've ever been in my life before and very delusional.

@crossproduct: wow that's insane

That only happens to people with bipolar but they often get misdiagnosed with depression first and so it happens quite a lot.

@crossproduct: i see

I haven't noticed much yet... I have had more sleepless nights, but I had that before the med... It was a marker for hypomania that my Dr saw. I don't sleep much and I'm not tired. So I don't know if the med is making it worse or if it's just normal me lol

It could be akathisia, that sometimes happens and omg it's horrible. It does feel like you're going out of your mind climbing up the walls. It mostly happens with antipsychotics but can happen with antidepressants too.

Do you have a formal bipolar diagnosis or did they just suspect it?

@crossproduct: I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and PTSD. My Dr mentioned I had a few markers of hypomania but not enough to actually say I had it.