Thank you. I am seeing a psychiatrist; I actually originally saw her for severe anxiety and depression, and had been reluctant to tell her about some of my symptoms the first visit/hadn't realized that certain things I had experienced were bipolar, even when she asked about them. Just didn't seem significant, and I only had a cousin with bipolar (since digging through my family tree we have found more, would have been cool to know, lol). Now I know I had been having mixed episodes, it sounds like. She sent me home with Zoloft for my anxiety and depression the first visit and... Whoops. 25mg put me into hypomania in about 6 hours and a second dose was escalating me more. She is pretty confident of the bipolar diagnosis for now, I suppose it could change later if something else comes up.

I really like both my psychiatrist and my therapist, I got really lucky to have the first ones I saw be awesome. The poor psych is fresh out of college and is kicking herself over the Zoloft, but honestly, it sounds like it happens a lot.