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10. From what I have learned- SSRI drugs should NEVER be given to BP patients
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 02:57 AM
Feb 2012

Paxil is such a class of drugs and years ago, I met the woman who was
part of the legal team organizing the class action law suit against the manufacturer.

My daughter is an artist too- a brilliant artist.

The studies on BP have shown that the same part of the brain responsible for
off the chart talent is the very same part of the brain that begins to have
electrical storms, as they were described to me by her therapist a few years ago
Onset usually occurs in the early twenties in women.
In other words, the very thing that makes you brilliant is the thing that
also brings on the undesirable effects of BP.
They suspect many of the most brilliant people in the world were undiagnosed BPs!
So you and she are in good company- that's the bright side.

My daughter fits the profile all too well.

About going off the meds- I was also told that may need to happen
a few times before she admits that she needs them

What ever she decides, I will be there for any fallout, should she elect
to try alternative approaches that fail.
And a few more failure may be what is needed for her to admit she needs
pharmacological assistance to have a normal life.

I just wish we could find the "magic medication bullet."

BHN

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