This entry is not about Lance Armstrong. When I say “it could be rapid cycling,” I’m talking about the change in moods that I’m going through now. Rapid cycling is when days, or even hours, of depression are interspersed with periods of feeling normal. Rapid cycling affects bipolar people who are on antidepressants. I’m only guessing that I’m suffering from rapid cycling. I base my assumption on the fluctuation of my moods over the last thirty-six hours. If I assess my moods over the last several weeks, I can’t be too sure. All I can say is that yesterday and most of today I felt awful. Right now I’m feeling pretty good.
Is there a remedy for rapid cycling? My understanding is that getting off of antidepressants will cause rapid cycling to abate. However, I fear that by abandoning my antidepressant (Pristiq) I’d plummet into despair If I could be assured of feeling normal without the antidepressant, I would cease taking it. I certainly hate the downs that I’m experiencing . . . even though they only last a short time, they keep coming back.
