I am a 44 years old female. I have been treated with bipolar disorder since I was 20.At the age of 32 I had a brestfeeding psychosis, a psychotic phase.I am taking 10mg AGRIPPA, 100 mg of SEROQUEL and 0,5 mg of RIVOTRIL at night. Lately I started to have social phobia as well and I am defenetely feeling depressed, low.My psychiatrist doesn’t want to prescribe any antidepressants for me, because she thinks it will trigger a manic phase.BUT my social anxiety is really bad, I can’t write and I can’t eat in front of others,plus I really feel very low lately( constant tiredness, a total lack of interest towards other human beings, a total lack of joy, very-very low self-esteem).
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Sorry to hear that.. May be your psychiatrist is right in her decision yes but what you really need is to get psychological counseling sessions with a psychiatrist as medical treatments are not enough and usually has other side effects…
So what you really need is to talk and to get a professional listen and help you overcome your fears by talking..practice ..and advice not medications …
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it should be a combination of good professional counselling and anti depressant medicines. only counselling wont help much.