Thanks for the responses.

Suzy, I don't go to that psychiatrist anymore. I haven't been to a psychiatrist since my last appointment with her in the summer. I just go to my GP. She's the one who prescribed Lexapro for my depression. In addition to doing well on Lexapro, I did well on Celexa for 16 months too. It lessened my anxiety and made me feel calmer. The only unpleasant side effect was that I felt very lethargic and wasn't very productive while I was taking it. My flat was always a mess. I called it my "inertia" pill. ;-)

Polarbear. Thanks for the information (and thanks for making your first post a response to mine). My sister thought she was bipolar at one point (because of her mood swings) so she talked to her psychiatrist about it. He told her she wasn't bipolar, though. His diagnosis for her is social anxiety and depression. She has always been the "moody, temperamental, sensitive" one in our family and she goes through phases of going on shopping sprees and overspending and then getting depressed about it afterwards. I'm her opposite in that department. I don't like to spend money. I'm the one people come to for support and advice, because I've always been the "rational, logical, calm" one. So, I'm just very confused about red flags. I would love to know more.