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Old Jan 02, 2015, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by muffinhead View Post
Ok perhaps not antidepressants, but a mood stabilizer such as lithium would be what I'm looking for. My psychiatrist mentioned that SSRI's and the such are contraindicated for Bipolar disorder, and has said that my taking of Paxil made whatever I have worse. The mere fact that he's saying that makes me believe that he is convinced I have something similar to bipolar disorder.
Bipolar is a spectrum disorder. So you also may indeed have something like BP without technically needing to meet the criteria for BP I or II.
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