Guest guest Posted August 31, 2004 Report Share Posted August 31, 2004 > SSRI-Research > Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:45:54 -0400 > [sSRI-Research] Antidepressants: causes > Bipolar III: Jane Pauley's statement > > quoting Jane Pauley}: " The > prevalence of the use of anti-depressants probably > more than steroids is how Bipolar 3 is becoming more > known " . > > Bipolar 3 is a new disease. There is Bipolar I > {mania + depression}, Bipolar II {hypomania + > depression} and now, due to the widespread use of > antidepressants, there is Bipolar III, plus a huge > increase in Bipolar I & Bipolar II > > Our group receives calls and emails from people > whose lives have been ruined by Bipolar I, II & III. > These Bipolar conditions were caused by SSRIs. > These people find themselves in extremely impossible > situations with accompanying bizarre behaviors. > > Jane Pauley was hospitalized for her Bipolar III. > > Antidepressants can cause Bipolar I, Bipolar II and > Bipolar III. A National Tragedy. > > Rosie > > http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2004/08/27/a1e_jane_pa\ uley_0827.html > > > > Jane jumps in > By Anne Rodgers > > Palm Beach Post Staff Writer > > Friday, August 27, 2004 > > She's got a talk show, a new book, celebrity status > and a face everyone recognizes. No, we're not > talking about Oprah, but the comparison is valid. > > It's Jane Pauley. There she is on Dateline talking > to Stone Phillips about her bipolar diagnosis. > There's her book, Skywriting: A Life Out of The > Blue, featured prominently at the bookstore. And > coming Monday, catch her daily in a nationally > syndicated talk show, titled, you guessed it, The > Jane Pauley Show. > (snip) > Q: A lot of people were startled to hear about (a > bipolar episode) from someone already in her 50s > with no history. Is your diagnosis complete bipolar > disorder or is it a bipolar by medication? > > A: Yes to both. At the time I was diagnosed, it was > immediately clear that this was caused by > medication. (Steroids prescribed for hives triggered > the initial bipolar episode.) At the time I'd never > heard of a phrase I've subsequently learned and that > is Bipolar 3. I don't want to get it wrong, but the > designation Bipolar 3 has been attached to people > who have a bipolar experience that they haven't > before that was caused by (one of) a variety of > medications that have the potential to do this. > Steroids were completely appropriate in my case; > nobody could have known that I had a vulnerability > to bipolar. The prevalence of the use of > anti-depressants probably more than steroids is how > Bipolar 3 is becoming more known. > (snip) > > A: I would expect so. I'm not on a big dose of it. > My hands shake a little bit. I just reached to pick > up a Coke and my hands shook. It's my one and only > side effect. I would expect to be on (lithium) the > rest of my life unless someone tells me there's an > all-clear. > > Q: What was the culminating moment when you said > " Take me to hospital, I need some help. " > > A: I didn't say it (when I was diagnosed), which was > 2 1/2 months after a doctor first told me I was > " racing. " He described hypomania, which was a new > word for me. I thought it meant big-time mania, but > was mild mania. But still, I was sick. Two and a > half months later, the same doctor asked if I might > be more comfortable in a hospital setting, and I > took for granted that he asked the question because > the right answer was yes. So I then went to the > hospital for three weeks (in the late spring of > 2001). It takes weeks and months for an episode of > manic depression to play itself out. I had never had > such an experience before. I'd never been bipolar > before. Everything that happened to me was a novel > experience... and one I'd rather not do again. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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