BipolaRNurse - Thank you so much for your words of encouragement and wisdom, I appreciate you spending a little time to talk with me!

So I went to the Dr...

I feel so much better after...years and years of struggling to go and get this out, I finally did...and i was terrified.

So Can I tell you about my trip? I hope you all don't mind...

I told him everything, everything, which wasn't easy, and he listened, and asked questions about my behaviour to me and my wife (I wasn't brave enough to go alone).

My only negative thing was he was very uninterested in herring the idea i was bipolar (mild, Type 3), or the idea i had borderline personality disorder. I mentioned it twice in passing and all he would say, is no, its depression, its just standard depression.It felt just a little, he didn't want to entertain the idea of BP or BPD, but he DID spend at least 15 minutes listening to everything i had to say..

The battle starts

So treatment
So he started me on Cipralex 10mg but after the pharmacist told me it can cause heart palpitations, i can't take it as 6 years ago i had heart surgery to fix my palpitations, i will go back to see him tomorrow to find out if i can indeed take it still, or get a prescription for a different medication.

He also is sending me to see a psychiatrist - he didn't elaborate why, anyone have any idea what will happen there, or what they will do, or what they are looking for??