I started feeling heavily depressed on Wednesday afternoon around 3pm. I've been depressed ever since, with ONE blip of feeling "ok" yesterday for a few hours.

I'm maxed out on all of my doses EXCEPT lexapro. So, maxed out on lamictal, maxed out on rexulti, and maxed out on ritalin. I want my lexapro dose increased, but my pdoc doesn't like antidepressants for people with BP. Why, though? I have ritalin. If anything, ritalin is WORSE than an antidepressant.

ANYWAY, I have no other symptoms besides depression, I think. I've been consistent on my meds for once in my life, and have only missed ONE dose in the past 3 months. That's it. And I missed that dose 3 weeks ago because I fell asleep by accident, so it was a genuine mistake.

All I want is an increase in my lexapro, not a different AP or different mood stabilizer. I don't mind waiting 4-6 weeks for an antidepressant to kick in. But I have no idea how to tell my pdoc that I want a lexapro increase, considering he didn't even want to renew my existing Lexapro Rx when I first met him. My appt is on Thurs.