I was misdiagnosed with bipolar for many years. After I was changed to MDD, I do feel that my pdoc takes my depression more lightly than when I supposedly had bipolar. I felt that my pdoc was more interested in the idea that I could turn manic anytime and he was always looking for that side of the equation as opposed to the boring depression complaints. I was medicated to the hilt when he thought I had bipolar. Now...I am only on one low dose AD for the MDD.

I do think that bipolar is considered more of a bad mental illness than MDD. I feel that my pdoc considers MDD a very common thing and takes it more lightly.

I'm sorry but my depression is just as serious as my old bipolar Dx. It is just as severe and just as debilitating but just without the flip side of mania. My depression can have a psychotic nature when it is really bad but he seems to not be very worried about that.

So yes I do agree. I never actually thought about this until now.

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