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bipolar II. When the lamictal gave me a rash, I thought to myself, well, if it's not really bp, the doc will most likely put me on an ad instead of another mood stabilizer. Of course, he put me on another mood stabilizer
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So you're saying you don't know why he prescribed those medications and/or he has not told you what he thinks your diagnosis is? If your Dr. changes or adds a medication he should tell you why he's doing it and/or you should ask him what the medication is exactly for.
Mood stabilizers are used for other diagnoses, as well. Anti-psychotics are considered mood stabilizers and they are prescribed for agitation, psychosis, hallucinations, delusions. These symptoms can be present in disorders other than manic-depression.