Hi, I've just come out of the hospital with a diagnosis of Bipolar I. My current Pdoc may change this to Bipolar II, but I won't know for two more weeks.

This is after being treated for 22 years for depression (crap, that's a long time) with just about every new AD and no results except for a lot of mood swings. I started to be treated for anxiety in 2012, was put on disability for depression and anxiety last year. I was also diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and PTSD, which complicates things even further. However, my current Pdoc put me on Lamictal and Zyprexa along with my anti-anxiety med (Neurotin). It worked for a while until I got stressed out, slept poorly, and had racing thoughts. I went into one of the weirdest episodes where if weren't for the impulses to hurt myself, I was peachy-keen FINE. I chatted up a storm and hummed a lot, but man, I could do something with those cords in the ER...

After having my meds adjusted and a couple extra added to calm down and get some sleep, I was discharged to face even more stress at home. So far, I'm doing okay, though. Using skills taught from what seems like an eternity of therapy. I have a supportive spouse and a teenager with a learning disability similar to Aspberger's, so it's never a dull moment here.