Feeling restless/impulsive recently

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I'm usually a pretty calm person. Wondering if it's from upping my Prozac medication from 20 to 40. I was on Effexor for a while and it helped with mood but causes more sleep and muscle jerk problems. I'm also upset cause of misunderstanding from my husband and he has his own mental health issues he's not getting help on. So it's very stressful. Plus waiting on getting a serious health test done, probably in a few months. He doesn't seem to believe what I'm dealing with is real. Anyways, this is frustrating and I don't really feel like I have a safe outlet at the time. Not much friend or family support. There's a few "siblings" that are helpful but not always available.

Since lowering the meds, though it helped with side effect issues, I am having mental health struggles again. Mood swings. I can be really high or low in a short time. Not bipolar (psychiatrist told me) cause the highs don't last very long. I might even have epilepsy/seizures but I won't know until those tests are done. Everything feels so up in the air right now :(. Support is appreciated. Love ❤️

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I am sorry for the things you are going through. It can feel scary to wonder if you haven't been correctly diagnosed and awaiting other tests for other things. I have some cardiology issues and keep going back and forth - heart attack or panic attack? Not that I am able to offer any sort of dx, but when I was on Lexapro, it started making me more anxious than usual. Irritablity (restless too) is also a sign of either depression or anxiety. I am surprised that bipolar 2 isn't being considered.

I was put on a different anti-depressant along with an anxiety medication that will help during a more stressful situation. I'm preaching to the choir here, but try to keep a daily log/journal of your moods and feelings so you can share with your doctor. I wish you all the best! You are not alone here.

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Thanks so much. Yeah, I thought that was odd too that the doctor didn't consider the other diagnoses. Good idea though. Just like with other health things, tracking the mood symptoms. It seems that since the med change I am waking up early and feeling restless, like now. Lol. Through I feel less depressed than yesterday. I ended up calling a couple helplines cause I was feeling quite vulnerable. It helped that my sister in law came to visit (surprise) last night so it helped me not focus on myself and to not feel alone/have company. I had almost considered going to the hospital cause I wasn't sure if I could trust myself but I was feeling better once home. Anyways, yeah, it's odd that I've been feeling so erratic lately. A telehealth nurse suggested I see a doctor in the next day (talked to her last night). Was very nice to talk to/helpful. I hope you are feeling better yourself. I know there's sometimes up and down times but we can make it through :). It's good that you have gotten some support but hopefully we can support each other as well. Take care! ❤️😊

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Wow! I was just reading about bipolar 2 and saw a link to atypical depression that sounds so much like me. Depression usually doesn't experience much up moods but I tend to feel better in better situations, etc which is more common with atypical depression which is also common in bipolar 2. I'm thinking either my psychiatrist is not familiar with this or maybe I've just been good with dealing with it, thought I haven't felt like it but I try hard to control my behaviour so I don't act out, etc. Also it seems more like I'm having mixed mood symptoms. I'll try to talk to a doctor soon about this. Might need to see another psychiatrist... This is kind of sad, cause he was helpful to see at first but it's strange lately...I'll see how this works. I should give an update soon once I either see a doctor or some change perhaps.

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Update! So, I did see a walk in doctor recently cause this was really not going good with how I was feeling still and couldn't see my psychiatrist until later that week, and the doctor thought I might have a form of bipolar. So he prescribed a mood stabilizer to take with my other medication for now and see what that does. Later when I saw my psychiatrist he thought the medication was good and suggested seeing how the next few months go on it and I could always lower the other medication if I need to and/or up the stabilizer. It does seem to help though. Just feel more tired in the morning but I might get used to it or it will subside over time.

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Hi. I'm so tired now though I think I should have slept enough. Moody maybe pms. It's challenging. Feel so unstable. Wonder if it's just hormones now but my mental health is messed up. The meds somewhat help but side effects backfire. Messing up my sleep I think. Sorry about this.

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With doctors direction I lowered the antidepressant back to where it was before and just take the mood stabilizer as needed and it helps a lot with the agitation and sleepiness! I'm just hoping I won't have a mood drop but I seem a lot less depressed than when on the higher dose of meds. Hoping it will work out 😊.