Antidepressants: causes Bipolar III: Jane Pauley's statement

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> SSRI-Research

> Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:45:54 -0400

> [sSRI-Research] Antidepressants: causes

> Bipolar III: Jane Pauley's statement

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> 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

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>

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2004/08/27/a1e_jane_pa\

uley_0827.html

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> 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)

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> 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.

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