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Originally Posted by JustMeJen5294
First, did you see a psychiatrist or just a family dr? Because with those meds you really need to be seeing a psychiatrist (also for a real diagnosis, they are the ones who are really trained in diagnosing mental illness).
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Just a family doc, it's nearly impossible to find a psychiatrist around here that is accepting new patients unless you are under 18, are court ordered, or have actively (and recently) attempted suicide. Evidently, not a lot of people in the area are willing to go to school so long for psychiatry, at least that's what I was told.
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I've never heard of bipolar without cycling. If you don't ever become manic but just get depressed and have mood lability I think just BPD and depression make sense.
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Risu, I agree, but I'll play along with the doc. I really don't know what else to do at this point, I know I can't keep doing nothing because I just get worse and worse. I suppose there have been times I was manic, I stayed up for days at a time and was very creative, but I don't remember having any of the other signs of a manic phase. Maybe I just didn't recognize it for what it was, like you? The upside is that I think this doctor will listen to me when I tell him, well, anything, so maybe that'll help.
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It sounds like you're having trouble distinguishing what emotion you're having at any given moment.
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I generally know
what I'm feeling any given moment, I just have trouble figuring out
why. It's other people that can't figure out my emotions.