Thread: I don't know how to bring it up..
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Old Oct 17, 2015, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Edgar's Mom View Post
Many people are misdiagnosed and treated for depression first before it's discovered that they are bipolar... Are you diagnosed with depression and taking anti-depressants? If so, that is dangerous for someone with bipolar and you could easily bring that concern up...
This happened to me. I was misdiagnosed with MDD and fed antidepressants, which inevitably sent me hypomanic. This is a concern that you could bring up w/o seeming to self-diagnose.
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