Posted by lepus on February 16, 2004, at 21:53:49
In reply to Re: help with pdoc appt (long) » lepus, posted by terrics on February 16, 2004, at 20:16:59
> Hi, just wanted to say I noticed that you said that your main problem is panic attacks. Your on an awful lot of meds for panic attacks. I think you know yourself better than pdoc and if you think the bipolar 2 dx is incorrect it probably is. Re the night and day thing....some of us just have reversed circadian rhythms. DO you think being on klonopin and the thyroid med. might be enough? Do you think you have any other dx besides panic? Would therapy help? terrics
I think I probably just have an undertreated anxiety disorder and BPD, my pdoc who has known me for 13 years thinks I have something on the bipolar spectrum or major depression and panic. The Klonopin and thyroid were not working alone starting this fall. My anxiety started coming back something fierce. I really am not sure about another dx besides panic. In some ways the BPII makes sense because I am depressed sometimes and then more functional and less depressed at other times but it would be a very mild hypomania at best I believe. I guess now I don't know how to tell my doctor that this dx doesn't feel right and that I need off some of these meds. I just don't know what is wrong with me and therefore don't know how to fight it or what medications are right for me.
Yes, I think therapy will be beneficial and I am starting it now.
Thanks for your input. I just don't know what to do about the meds.
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