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Originally Posted by sburn
This is my first post, I have recently been diagnosed with rapid cycle bipolar disorder.
I have been treated with Anti-depressents and anxiety meds for the last 3 years and have been diagnosed with severe adhd. I am working to wrap my mind around going back to work (I am a manager for a fortune 5 company). Since being pulled off anti-depressents and anxiety meds and starting the bipolar meds I seem to be all over the place. I realize I have a long road ahead of me, but wondering what others have experianced
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Welcome,sburn!
How long have you been on a mood stabilizer? Often they will take awhile to be effective, so that may be part of the issue. I too was treated for about 3 years on ADs and anxiety meds (w/o mood stabilizer - I was misdiagnosed by a GP) They messed me up big time. Soooo, before going on a mood stabilizer, my symtoms returned (albeit less messed up than on ADs, yet still effected by the residual increased and more intense cycling the solo ADs had produced), that is to say, like you say, "all over the place". Once the mood stabilizer was titrated to effective (at the time) levels, the "all over the place" evened out substantially.
I can really relate to your post. Except, by a mile, the job part(!) Mine were stressful minimum wage jobs. Still, stress, regardless of source, tends to exacerbate issues and that may be contributing to the switchover challenges. Sounds like you are on a leave, and that should be helpful in the transistion time of med changes and coming to terms with the dx.
Wishing you well in this. Please keep us posted, ok, sburn?
. This is a very supportive place where there are always many that can relate to what you are going through, so take heart in that.
