Posted by cybercafe on September 13, 2002, at 1:03:53
In reply to Re: hypomania...reaction to antidepressants?, posted by bookgurl99 on September 12, 2002, at 0:13:13
> IMHO, people who experience mania on antidepressants are not truly bipolar. BUT, some docs will dx you as bipolar for having experienced them -- these same docs seem to enjoy putting everyone into the bipolar category. Bipolar is kind of a fashionable dx to give out right now; 100 years ago it was 'neurasthenia.' You're lucky that your dr. recognized what you were going through instead of slapping you with a label and a big ol' lithium dose.
i told 3 different psychiatrists i was bipolar and never got a diagnosis ....
it wasn't until i moved to another continent ... saw a doc... and really pushed my case that they diagnosed me bipolar....
i told one guy of all the crazy things i did... how i fit every single diagnostic criteria except one... and he told me i probably wasn't bipolar ...
i asked him why? he said because i havn't "gone for days at a time without sleeping"..when he gave me 40 mg paxil, i came in and told him i was moving to another continent .. he asked me if i thought it was mania and i said yes..... and then he said have fun............ and i did :) :)
heh.... in real life though i kind of have enough of an anxiety disorder to keep my manias in check
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