dandelioness2,

As they are saying we are all different and all get diagnosised sometimes even by accident. Looking back on it, I've been Bipolar all of my life, and have been treated for "severe depression" three times. Come to find out I have regular up manic episodes, happy, get a lot done, etc., then I have what is called dysphoric mania, all the symptoms of mania, excessive speech, high energy, excessive spending, speeding, etc., but what seems 1000 times more depressed than the depressive episodes and during these times I get somewhat delusional as well. Thinking back on it, the first major depressive episode was also a series of the dysphoric manias with the depressive sides that eventually subsided after a few years. The second one was a depressive episode that came with PTSD and the third, most recent was the one where my therapist fought with my psychiatrist to tell him that I was bipolar. He still felt it was depression until I was hospitalized in an extreme manic state with all kinds of deluisions. That was when, at the age of 42, in 2009, I was finally diagnosed. Now I get to have the fun of the medication dance.

Greylove I'm sorry about the Abilify reaction. I didn't have mine till after being on it for a year, and I would have full body spasms in my sleep. This too my Therapist forced me to see my pdoc about and she was right. I am very lucky to have a great therapist.

dandelioness2, We all react differently to different meds. All of our body chemistries are not the same that's why they have to try all of the different combinations of medications. I'm still waiting for my right bunch of meds to work.

Hang in there.

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