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Old Oct 04, 2017, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by SorryShaped View Post
Of course I was diagnosed MDD several times and ADHD throughout my adult years. I wasn't sure that was "just" it, but I loved the antidepressants and stimulants so I didn't say.
I got the BP dx first but was in denial, so then I sought out the MDD and ADHD dx. I knew what questions to answer differently. SSRIs tend to make me hypomanic, which is not depressed, so I would report that as working and then would stop taking them when I got tired of being an arrogant jackass. I would drop back into depression and stayed depressed until I grew too weary of it and got ADs again. Wash, rinse, repeat several times through the years. I became a little too fond of the stimulants and was abusing adderall. Finally came clean on my dx when my son's pdoc asked about family history because he was showing signs of BP. Then I went to a new pdoc and got a new dx (in case I got better ) and started getting the right treatment.
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