I posted earlier but forgot to say that I started being treated for depression in 1994. It wasn't until 2003 that I was properly diagnosed as bipolar and began proper treatment. Boy it has made a world of difference!!! Looking back, one of my pdoc's from about 1995/1996 was treating me with bipolar meds, but didn't tell me that she thought I was bp. She could have saved me many years of misery had I of known I was bp instead of thinking I was just having medication resistant depression. Hope things go better for you now that you are on a new med!!!