Posted by Dinah on May 30, 2005, at 16:30:49
In reply to Pdoc stuff., posted by thewrite1 on May 30, 2005, at 11:48:44
The remark about your MIL was silly. Sigh.
The most well respected pdoc I ever went to did a comprehensive evaluation, about an hour and a half. Then he made tentative diagnoses, not definite ones. I think "rule out" diagnosis, other than the one (OCD) I'd already been diagnosed for.
That being said, he missed the fact that I needed a mood stabilizer with my antidepressant. Which my current pdoc figured out at the first meeting.
I think the current thinking is that if you look like you have any bipolar tendencies at all, they prefer to give you a mood stabilizer with the antidepressant. Because antidepressants can cause a lot of nastiness in those on the bipolar spectrum. And also remember that it is a spectrum. He'd not necessarily saying you have Bipolar I. (Unless that's what he diagnosed.)
Most important, you're still the exact same person you were before this doctor put a label on you.
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