Your care givers definitely need to be able to work together. I'd pick the one that makes sense to you and find somebody they can work with. I don't know enough about you to know what came first... The instability or the ssri but ssri's can be actual cause of your bipolar symptoms and other symptoms as well. I am rather conservative about these things but it seems to me making diagnosis of bipolar while you are still on the ssri isn't right. At a minimum she should be talking more to your gp regarding your history. The past use of alcohol and pot complicates things. Those things would make you look depressed or increase you depression if you had it already. Honestly, depending on the order in which you started the meds and when the symptoms got worse I would not necessarily doubt the gp. Being diagnosed incorrectly as bipolar and therefore getting treatment for it has really done a lot of damage to people. I guess I am emphasizing being cautious with both of them.

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