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Aug 08, 2012, 07:38 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2012
Location: England, United Kingdom.
Posts: 71
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eliza Jane
You might check out a book called "why am I still depressed" and the accompanying website psycheducation.org. It looks specifically at bipolar II and gives specific suggestions on how to talk to your doctor about what you believe to be your diagnosis. I found his info very helpful.
The name of the diagnosis matters less than the meds that they give you. Have they been giving you mood stabilizers or just regular antidepressants? I had a pdoc that said I was maybe BP II and treated me medically like I was BP II, but on my paperwork just listed depression. I thought that was silly, but at least I got the right meds.
Best,
EJ
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That's the problem. All I get is "we can't give you mood stabilisers without a diagnosis". I'm currently on seroquel and the only reason they agreed to give me that was because I was taking it illegally thanks to my BF and it was helping... she refused to put my dose up to 600mg when 450mg wore off so I was taking 600mg illegally and now that's wearing off... I know this means it was probably the wrong drug for me but I wish someone would take the opportunity to listen to me and actually try to prescribe me maybe a different type of mood stabiliser... But they won't...
Kaz x
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