Thread: Bipolar/ADHD
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Old Sep 16, 2018, 11:46 AM
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I am trying to figure out if I have ADHD. I thought I did a few years ago, and was on Adderall, but it made me quite irritable. I was not officially diagnosed, but my psychiatrist at the time thought I was having some dopamine related concentration issues similar to ADHD. My current psychiatrist asked if I had these issues as a kid and I said no, but I was always pretty spacey and did have some attention issues when I think about it more, but just not on this level that it really impacted me. Well, I did fail out of classes for forgetting to do homework and not paying attention in middle school, then found ways to compensate when I was older. I also find I can either be on or off, and super spacey or hyperfocused, but now I am not sure if it is an ADHD thing or not, because it cycles with my moods and menstrual cycle. Also I don't have a definitive diagnosis of bipolar I/II... I have some sort of mood disorder and ended up in mixed episodes that started with an antidepressant, but my psychiatrist is just saying it seems like bipolar, but not giving me the official diagnosis just yet. So a lot of "maybe" diagnoses for me that are leaving me confused about how to proceed. Is the wellbutrin helping? My doctor said it might be an option for my depression, and I saw that it can be used for ADHD so thought it might be a good one for me to try.