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Originally Posted by Mountainbard
Thyroid problems and nutritional deficiencies can also cause symptoms similar to bipolar. The thing about the antidepressants is, if you do have bipolar, you'll need to take a mood stabilizer with them, or they can indeed send you into mania or hypomania.
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I had a preliminary thyroid hormone blood test done before paxil was prescribed, so that rules out that problem. Also, I eat a very well balanced diet. I am currently taking (as shown below) haloperidol to stop my racing thoughts, but it also addresses my hypomania to a certain extent. In all, I've received the impression that my psychiatrist is skirting the real issue for me, which is the depression, by not giving me either A) an antidepressant in the case that I don't have BP or B) a mood stabilizer in the case that I do
And also, the paxil did send me into hypomania, which makes it even more likely that I have something along the lines of Bipolar disorder