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Jul 28, 2013, 08:28 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by Miguel'smom
What was describe seems like a very long lasting episode with no relief meeting both manic and depressive symptoms, most likely it's due to an antidepressant. My husband went through this for years due to a ****** pdoc and solely anti depressants. When mentioning the manic issues the crappy pdoc said things like "he needs anger management", "This is the best that we can hope for" and all types of BS.
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My understanding is that the OP is on a mood stabilizer, but for another condition.
As you discovered with your husband, his psychiatrist made a mistake and his anger issues are attributed to bipolar disorder.
So this is not the case for your husband, but I have found that many people will try to attribute 'anger issues' to anything and everything except -anger issues. It makes sense because of course it's going to be mortifying, make people feel badly about themselves, push people away, etc. Again, not the case with your husband, obviously, but this is something I have observed.
Re OP, I don't know why this psychiatrist finally gave in, but if you ask any reputable psychiatrist out there if such a pattern constitutes bipolar disorder, they will say, simply, no. There is no such thing as ultra-ultra-ultra-rapid cycling to the point of changing moods by the minute and hour. Whatever it is, it is an entirely different phenomenon, with different characteristics and treatment and outlook, etc. There is sooo much misinformation out there, in the media, everywhere, it can get very frustrating sometimes.
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