I found out after it was suggested I get a psychiatric referral by my boss after becoming increasingly more depressed agitated & out of control after starting antidepressants for a moderate depression. Don't get me wrong she was good about it, just told me she was concerned about me & that she had been treated by this Dr & it helped her & she wanted me to see him too. So I did. He dx bipolar spectrum & then bipolar II.
I had already been searching for answers as to why I was getting worse & more agitated on antidepressants & stumbled upon bipolar II & the soft bipolar spectrum & it resonated so I'm worried I might have led the dx in that direction. I knew he suspected bipolar immediately when he started to ask some of the characteristic questions within minutes of my arrival. So I know there must be enough evidence for it but still can't stop questioning it.
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Dx: Bipolar II, GAD, past substance abuse, temporal lobe epilepsy.
Rx: Lamotrigine 125mg, Sertraline 50mg, Clonazepam 0.5mg prn.
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