Sorry if I didn't make this clear. I was diagnosed for fourteen years as bipolar, my emotions repressed by seroquel. My doctor refused to take me off of it. About a year ago I transitioned from medicaide to the VA where they did take me off seroquel and put me on effexor and nightmare meds. I spent Jan to July of this year without a single syptom of anything. My docs watch me carefully but no one expected this to hit me so hard and so quickly. I went from feeling great to basket case in about 48 hours. I was at the VA today and will be again on Friday. They are going to put me back on flexiril and something for paranoia.

And I trust them a hell of a lot more than the civilian doctors who stole fourteen years of my life. Why had I never been tested before? Because it's so freaking easy to slap a label on someone and holler 'next'!

And thank you open eyes and seeker for your concern. I'm a long, long
way from okay, but I feel stronger. I have a trauma shrink, a regular shrink and an awesome primary care doctor. And they work in tandem, even trying to schedual my appointments on the same day when they can. And I trust them more than any civilian doctors I've ever had.

(Seeker, I will be writing to you tomorrow.)

And open eyes, I must give you credit. You called this one months ago, and you scared me to death. But you were right. You ought to be putting out your own shingle!

I've run the gamut of dozens of symptoms in the past three weeks, so now that I have clarified the situation, perhaps the same posters, or someoe else has other advice?

Thank you for taking the time.