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Originally Posted by Quavein
Hi newly diagnosed. But have had it since early teens. Have my first appointment to become a client of a psychiatrist Sept 12th. My family doctor has me started on meds so itz helping. How often is having the swings considered ok. Cause mine are nearly daily.
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Originally Posted by emomom
Hi, I'm Amy, I'm a retired stay at home mom/military wife of 50. I went back to school at age 40 to become a teacher and did extremely well in my classes only to have my depressive crash two weeks into student teaching. I was able to finish the next semester and I am still currently licensed but I have never gotten my own classroom, only subbed. Now it is almost exactly 7 years since my breakdown, I sit at home with my geriatric dog playing on facebook or pinterest or go to water aerobics 3 times a week. I am mostly stable, I found out the hard way this spring not to use caffeinated diet supplements so now I try to do things to keep me healthy. I facilitated a support group from Nov 08 til this spring but had to give it up because of my anxiety issues that were fueling my bp. I'm a returning member of the forum and hope to give and receive support.
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Nice to meet you Amy. I worked in Retail for 16 years and @home customer service calls for nearly 2 years. Had the anxiety and depression since I was 5 or 6. Got very "moody" in my preteen years. Currently I'm on a medical leave from work. My anxiety attacks were so bad I couldn't handle calls anymore. I was always anxious, took time between calls that I wasn't allowed to decompress. But when the Zoloft stopped working I went down bad. Doctor put me on Effexor. We thought we were treating anxiety and depression. Can't take calls even on 1.5 mg of Klonopin. Doctor and I could not figure out why stuff wasn't working. So I wrote up 6 pages of thoughts and stuff after I read it to him, I asked what he thought. Told me bipolar on top of the rest. And asked me if I wanted to see a Psychiatrist. I felt so bad for him. He looked so out of his depth, so I agreed. The meds aren't working very well. So I'm in maintenance mode until I can get a specialist to look at me. I am keeping a journal and paying attention so I don't have a mind blank at with the Therapist. I seem to cycle nearly daily. Haven't missed one so far. Which is scaring me. No one in my family will admit if anyone was manic depressant in the family "dirty little secrets" and all. But my Father was moody like I am. So I'm deciding if I should tell the Therapist or not. Also had a great aunt that my grandma told me was manic once. My mother denies everything. So I don't know what to do anymore. I can't prove that it runs in the family my mom denies it. But she's the one who first brought up about me possibly being Bipolar. Anyway, I'm getting very wordy. It is very nice to meet you.