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Old Sep 25, 2018, 10:28 PM
MyEyes MyEyes is offline
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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook View Post
That's weird about the Wellbutrin because a lot of people are prescribed it, and a lot of them have major depression. I have the dissociation thing too, but I don't believe dissociation alone is psychosis; I think if it gets to be where you can't distinguish reality or you know reality but believe you can fly, that's more psychosis. I dissociate a lot; I think it is because of high stress & anxiety more than BP. Zoning out can happen to anyone, especially if you are not sleeping well at night and/or are having a panic attack or high anxiety. Heck, people zone out driving all the time, and surely they can't all have psychosis. As for psychosis, once I had it happen where I saw and did things in reality but was unsure if what was happening really was reality, and I remember I kept repeating, things like "I'm saying X and I've said it before but I'm not sure if this is real or not." I'm sure others here who have dealt more with psychosis can help you on that end.

My mood often is on the depressive end; I'm told it's mixed now. Though even mixed, I have increased speed of speech, jiggly (can't sit still), racing thoughts besides traits associated with depression like low self-esteem, wishing I were dead, lack of enjoyment in things I used to like to do. When I get mania/hypomania, I have decreased need for sleep (though even then I do not like not sleeping at all), hypersexulity, overspending, starting on tons of projects (lots of them big, particularly when manic), jumping from thing to thing, talking excitedly and over people, unable to wait for a person to finish a sentence or story, negatively impacting relationships, risk-taking (risky driving, jogging at night). I had a diagnosis of major depression 10 years before someone clued in that I was bipolar, but if they had asked some questions different ways and others at all (such as about overspending), they would have diagnosed me with bipolar.

If I were you, I'd request an analysis with someone else. It is not good to have a diagnosis you doubt. Now, if 2, 3, 4 pdocs keep saying you're bipolar, I would be inclined to say, maybe they're onto something. Meds often prescribed for bipolar are Lamictal, Abilify, lithium, even Seroquel, but I was prescribed Wellbutrin diagnosed with major depression and Wellbutrin diagnosed with bipolar. I think bipolar people who need an anti-depressant are often given Wellbutrin because SSRIs often cause bipolar people to shift into mania, not always, but often, and Wellbutrin is not an SSRI.

And especially if a diagnosis feels rushed, I don't know about you, that tends to make me forget to say important points I mean to say and makes me even more anxious
Thank you! She did prescribe me wellbutrin, seroquel, and vistaril. I definitely think ill request another session with someone, i really felt she was taking some of my symptoms, specifically anxiety,very lightly and treated it with little importance when to me thats my biggest hindrance to living a 'normal' life..i do recognize some of my behavior in yours, the walking at night in particular..but idk if that's due to anxiety, im terrified to go out during the day when theres more people,and i usually walk to cool down. I have failed at school multiple times that I tried, and fired from 20+jobs, from a no call,no show(anxiety). Now im not too sure..i guess its the 'mood swings' part that im really hung up on, i thought that was a hallmark to be BP, and i feel like 99% of the time im pretty mellow. Ill definitely request a new person to make sure