I've got a messed up story. I suffer depression and knew nothing about hypomania, so I saw my GP and he prescribed me Welbutrin. Well, it made my depression worse, but gave me crazy highs which I never reported. So, the doctor bumped up the Welbutrin, and again I said my depression was worse because I was cycling like every 3 days. I found a pdoc that prescribed me more Welbutrin...I was up to 300 mg, I was just plain nuts for 2 years.

I finally just flat out told my then pdoc I was bipolar...duh. I got stabilizers and they dropped the Welbutrin. I'm sensitive to AD. The Prozac is just enough to get to baseline. I was labeled BD1. The only time that I got delusional was when I stayed up for a week on Coke or speed.

I'm misdiagnosed, but the meds I get work. It's just a number.

If a person takes AD and cycles...that person is bipolar.