I've dealt with depression and anxiety ever since I was a teen (25 years). Every 3-5 years I would have to change meds because they stopped being effective. I currently take two different sedating drugs and still manage not to sleep.

After a breakdown at work I saw a psychiatrist (most of therapy has been psychologists or MDs who have a counselling type practice but not actually psychiatrists). I don't have the official report and recommendations yet but he's leaning towards an atypical presentation of bipolar disorder. He thinks episodes that were always attributed to anxiety were actually hypomanic episodes.

Now I'm a bit freaked. How is treatment for bipolar different than tx for depression?

I currently take Effexor, Wellbutrin, seroquel, and amytriptaline. I'm Canadian so some of the names might be a bit different. I've done CBT, mindfulness, now a combined course in mindfulness based CBT.

I guess I don't know what to expect. The official report will take 2 weeks to get to my family doc and the wait is driving me batty (it's only been 2 days)

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