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Reply: Help

Keep track of the attending physician if there is one so you can address questions to an...

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Reply: Hellooo

Everyone has "hyper" periods. Looking back at things I wrote when my mind was racing there...

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Reply: Lithium sedation

Sometimes it does. Typically your psychiatrist will want a blood draw to see the serum...

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And yes as your prescribing doctor if you begin a course of treatment it is his...

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Lol you don't have to apologize for the suffering comment. I've made that same assumption...

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Do apologize if it comes across as edgy, but I was just trying to be straightforward. With...

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Hey I didn't misinterpret, I'm aware the majority of webmd is not m.i. related. My main...

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Hi, First a tangent. Your first sentence struck me (not at all unfamilar to webmd)....

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Posted by DoOvers

Hi,

First a tangent.

Your first sentence struck me (not at all unfamilar to webmd). More and more people are looking and going in to the doctors saying I think I have this when it should be the other way around. The spectrum of symptoms is so wide it is easy to see some of it in everyone if you are looking hard enough (usually)In another couple of years another goofy DSM will come out and more people that are considered o.k. will be slapped with a diagnosis?

All your feelings are legitimate and yes there is such a thing is bipolar depression. It is different than unipolar depression in the way it presents itself. I would address the lexapro question to Dr. Goldberg but typically I've never heard of anyone using it independent of a mood stabilizer for bipolar disorder due to the risk of mania unless they are trying to intentionally kick-start their system and you sound like you are above that level of functioning. In regards to reactions it differs but the pdr generally lists common ones and it is a decent source. If you are questioning the diagnosis I would seek a second opinion, but it is increasingly rare to find doctors who hold back on throwing out spectrum disorders. Outside of the suicide (and even there you can have logical cases that don't indicate mental illness; not justifying it and not saying this is the case), nothing you mentioned really isn't that abnormal. It sounds like he was being open and considering all options. To be honest there is nothing here that screamed off the page except you saw a psychiatrist that was indicating by deferring to further talk therapy and an anti-depressant that for the time being you are either a. depressed or b anxiously depressed. It definitely sounds like you have a lot to talk about. Bringing closure to the hurt from the relationships can be undone properly without medication and someone who knows alcoholism can help you navigate that area as well. Make the appointment with the therapist as soon as possible and see what they have to say, but it sounds like this one said no and you put these words in his mouth? And I definitely don't mean intentionally.

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Reply: bi polar

The difference between one and two is simple. The presence of a mania. It also would /...

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Let it go. Focus on getting healthy.

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