Hi bren, nice to meet you!

Ok, is something "going around" amongst mental health professionals? I've been seeing the same pdoc for 15 years and was diagnosed with Major Depression Recurrent. One time he put the DSM code for Bipolar on some paperwork, I questioned it, and he said that was a mistake and corrected it.

I began seeing a T. again (hadn't seen one in years and this one was referred to me as good with anxiety issues) and on my first visit she said I was Bipolar. I said I had NEVER had a manic episode and she said the same thing...I could be Bipolar without mania. HUH????

So, next visit to pdoc I told him and he said "Yes, you are Bipolar." He did say to not worry about labels and they weren't really "fair" because they lumped people together into diagnoses when everyone is so unique. I can accept that...but I still think it is very odd to be told I'm bipolar out of the blue after 15 years!!!!

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I feel exactly the same way!! I don't want to be taking meds I don't have to due to a wrong diagnosis. During this time I've been on short-term disability from work, my meds have been changed, increased, added to, subtracted from until my head is spinning! And I STILL don't feel well.

As for my T., she seemed like she would be good, but everything she said on my first visit she has now said the opposite. (Not regarding my dx, just things like saying I shouldn't go back to my job at all due to the high stress level; now she says go back...she told me last visit she could get a job for me back in my field "tomorrow" because she is the director; I asked her about it yesterday and she said they weren't hiring until next Oct. Hasn't addressed anxiety at all...

I have been on Zoloft & Depakote for years, now I'm on increased dosages of both of those PLUS Wellbutrin and Lamictal. pdoc says the plan is to get me off Zoloft & Depakote and be only on Lamictal and Wellbutrin. If I knew how to do it safely, I'd take myself off Zoloft & Depakote. (Ok, starting to ramble off issue.)