Yesterday was the day I had an appt with 2 new psy dr.s at the medical center. I was so impressed w/ the doctors "bedside manner" that the visit turned out to be very successful. The drs. let me bring my best friend in with me and he had a sense of humor. He was very "HumanLike" and listened to everyword I said.He ask me for my opinons regarding a meds change and I told him this was the best combination I'd ever been on and I only had periods of deep depression that I could usually nap off w/klonipin (sp?) and the celexa was working well but the best of all was the adderall. I can concentrate on this med, I can still for more than 5 min. and my driving has returned to normal. My speech has slowed down too so people can understand what I'm saying and I'm actually finishing projects I started 5 yrs ago. They agreed my family doctor had make an excellent choice in drug therapy and I will continue on it until a problem arises. But the best news of all is I'm NOT bipolar. I have mild depression and I 'm going thru a berevement(sp) period due to my sister's death. It was a long extensive interview but at least I feel like I've been properly diagnosed. There was one issue and that was the Prednisone I have to take for arthritis. He said pred. can make you feel happy and feeling good when it's just masking your true mood. Pred also messes with your adrenlin gland and this could cause a problem with people who have the potential for heart attacks/heart disease. So I'm going to taper down slowly to 5mgs of pred until I see my new rheumatolgist on 1/26.
I feel kinda bad telling my good news when I know so many of you are having such a hard time. I wish I could be your neighbor so I could come over and help you somehow. People without mental issues will never understand the hell we go thru. Now Medicare doesn't wasnt to pay hardly anything, if at all, on the treatment.
Hugs everyone and please email me if you want to talk one-on-one. I'm no therapist but I will listen.
lynxydale