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Old Nov 09, 2013, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Jcon614 View Post
I resonate with what u are saying. Something is very wrong, but I don't know what. I am 59 years old and have never been diagnosed with bipolar before even though I have been on Prozac. Now my pdoc thinks I may be bipolar! I was on Prozac since 1987 and no treatment-emergent hypomania. Had a bad reaction when Prozac was increased to 60 mg. my entire body was shaking, horrible insomnia thOugh I was soooooo tired. Could not hold a cup of coffee without spilling it due to the shaking.
I wasn't diagnosed bipolar till I was 53, so it's definitely possible that you have the illness and just haven't been properly diagnosed yet. Being on Prozac without a mood stabilizer isn't usually a good idea for people with this illness......I can't even imagine what 60 mg of an antidepressant would do to me! But then, I was on unopposed antidepressants for years, and they'd always stop working after a few months.....looking back, I can also see times when I was hypomanic or manic on those drugs (usually when I had a dosage increase).

I'll admit, it was very hard on me to be handed this diagnosis that late in life, but at least I finally had a name for the shadow that had dogged my heel throughout most of my life. There are worse things. Wishing you the best of luck.
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