Hey I am new and I just went to a new psych yestrday and he told me I was bopolar I have heard it before frome therapist and my primary but because I was drinking and I refused to see a psych they could not diagnose I din't understand in one hour a psych can diagnose me with this I stopped drinking in january after a lung collapsed I have a history of eating disorders and yes my mood swings are very severe I never tried to hurt myself or anyone else however some decsions I have made in the past couple of months have not been like me I am scared In the past 7 years I have lost a brother and a sister I do not think I have ever delt with that (due to the drinking) They keep switching my meds and normally a hperactive compulsive person I find myself lazy and tired. yesrday they yook me off prozac depokote and klonopin and put me on lithium and some other drug for anxiety ser somthing can anyone help me with the side affects I am scared to death of gainig weight and I do not want to be a couch potatoe I am unable to work now is tis normal has anyone been throgh this