a couple years ago I was having a flair with my crohn's disease. I had been seeing a psychiatrist for years with a dx of recurrent major unipolar depression. their is a history of bipolar and alcoholism in my family. anyway, I was put on 90 mgs. of prednisone for 8 weeks,nd got higher than a kite--but no psychosis presented. I impulsively purchased over $70,000.00 worth of jewelry from the jewelry channel over a period of two months. I knew I shouldn't do this at the time, but I love Tanzanite, and I thought I should purchase it and other gems as an investment, and to give for gifts. Now, over the last two weeks I have had rapid mood swings, insomnia, periods of deep depression and sobbing--all of which I think is regular bi-polar. I have been medication compliant all along, and took some extra ativan to calm myself down, as I was stressed with a health insurance hassle.
Soooooo- I guess I have regular bi-polar, as now I am experiencing these mixed episodes. What do you think out there? I see my psychiatrist tomorrow. always, steck