Antidepressants and mania?

[rBoulet]

Alright, so I haven't been on here for a long time but that's because I didn't really have any questions I couldn't find the answer to myself. But now I've kind of run into a situation that I apparently can't handle on my own right now.

Two weeks ago my psychiatrist prescribed me antidepressants (Celexa) to go along with my mood stabilizer (Epival) because I was starting to get depressed again. For about the past week I've been feeling absolutely great for the most part. Halfway through the week though I started noticing I was snapping at people at work, which is not like me at all. I mean, I was yelling at people pretty much and for stupid reasons at that. I've had so much energy, my thoughts have been going way too fast, I can't concentrate on anything at all which has been making driving EXTREMELY difficult. I've been spending all my money, the thing that bothers me the most though is that when I'm around a group of people I can hear them all in my head. It's like I can hear their thoughts and I know it sounds far-fetched and crazy but I can, and I know it's not normal.
I'm not sure but this sounds manic to me, but it's more manic than I usually get...

I've been trying to get in contact with both my therapist and my psychiatrist since Wednesday but they haven't been calling me back or anything. I'm at a TOTAL loss as to what to do... Do I wait this out? Do I go to the hospital? If I go to the hospital what happens to my job? I'm just so lost and confused about this.

[rBoulet]

My therapist FINALLY got back to me, he said that if I feel I'm a danger to myself or am that worried about what's going on that I should go to the emergency room and talk to them. He also told me that I shouldn't mess with my meds at all and just keep taking them as is until I see my psychiatrist again on April 12th.

[heyjude1]

All your employer needs to know is you were in the hospital for medical reasons; you don;'t have to tell them the reason...say you were having issues passing a stone or something..it's none of their business as long as you have a note from doctor or hospital proving you were in the hospital.

I take Effexor XR 300mg and Risperdal 3 mg.  The doctor prescribed Celexa 20 mg as an addition.  I was okay for the first week and began to get manic...but not as manic as you are experiencing.  I cut the Celexa in half for a few weeks and eventually added the other half.  I still had a little mania for a few days but have adjusted.  Why don't you try cutting the dosage back to see if it helps or just go to the hospital ER and see if they advise you drop the Celexa for awhile.  I gurantee your doctor would respond to the hospital calls.  You should not be w/o the ability to reach your doctor....I would take second thoughts about your physc-doctor in the future.

[paranoid_cataclysm]

I wouldn't think anything would happen with your job, a hospital stay for psychiatric reasons is still a hospital stay.  I could be wrong but I was told by someone who had been in the hospital before that nothing should happen to your job.

[adel_ezz]

50mg seroquel will put you on track again but you may miss one day work because you will wake up a bit late.
as to your bloody docs. they usually don't respond. this is not new. however saturday and sunday are off remember. tomorrow perhaps they may call you back.
As you said you can pass by the hospital - in our country it's emergency room- and if you find a pdoc there he will resolve this matter right away. nevertheless, seroquel is my companion in this bloody trip of mania
as to feeling well first. of course this is the correct sequence, euphoric then disphoric, in my case euphoric, a little disphoric, then a bloody mixed states wanting to kill somebody. so you better abort it now, and don't wait until your damn 2 docs respond.

[adel_ezz]

pls tell me when you know. I am in the same boat
OF COURSE it's mania, don't worry.
your task is to abort it as soon as possible.
celexa/citalopram/cipram is a milder AD than it's brother escitalopram/cipralex/lexapro but still will drive you manic eventually
when i am like you i take seroquel. it puts it off right away but of course it takes at least a week
good luck