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Old Mar 07, 2017, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Guess7131 View Post
I see why some doctors will diagnose it and why some wont. I think as long as the symptoms are being treated then there is no immediate rush to diagnose it. I've had this happen to me when i was 17, Was extremely manic etc but i wasn't diagnosed then, although i was put on medication used to treat bipolar. Anyway thats just my opinion.
I had the opposite experience. I spent a couple years going in and out of mania in childhood with psychotic events and was always dx'd with freaking depression. I was like where the hell are you getting that?? Obviously, urge antidepressants made me MORE psychotic, more manic. It was HORRIBLE. I wasn't properly dx'd until I was forced into an appointment in full-blown mania at the place I now work (but at the outpatient clinic). They wanted me hospitalized, but I'm a single mom so they just loaded me with seroquel. I was 26. My first symptoms appeared at age 8. That's WAY too long.
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My labels:
Bipolar 1 w/ psychosis
PTSD
GAD
SAD
ADHD

Current meds:
1500mg divalproex sodium
3mg alprazolam
0.5 mg triazolam PRN
assorted non psych meds.