Going crazy... I'm also new here...

Hi. Things here are nuts... my fam doc, my therapist and I think strongly that I am bipolar. My p-doc is still stuck on the borderline diagnosis he almost gave me when I first saw him... 12 years ago. I stopped going before he could slap it on me (rebellious youth). Anyways... as far as the two diagnosis being thrown about, bipolar fits like a glove... borederline fits like a soggy mitten. When I was still drinking and drugging, I did look a bit borderline, but I've been clean and sober for almost 3 years, and a lot of those behaviors have fallen by the wayside. My meds don't seem to be helping (Lexapro, Imiprimine & Straterra), and I have been all over the map here lately.

Anyone out there to talk to?

Confused and currently residing in Hades~
Lisa

Hi and welcome. Sorry you seem to be caught in your p-docs tunnel vision. Perhaps you could find someone different? Just a suggestion.

To paraphrase, "you don't have to be crazy to post here, but it helps, " LOL - there are a lot of caring people here who understand. I hope you find us helpful.

Thank you, Rebound. He is one of the best in town, and unfortunately, that has made him a slave to his own ego. I see him at the community clinic... for about 15 minutes at a pop- every six weeks! My poor fam doc and therapist see me just about weekly. (Have a clottting disorder, so I have to go see fam doc bi-weekly... just for labs, but he still stops and talks to me about things) I just want to get better... is that soooooo wrong?

Lisa

I am doing my best to do a mood chart and lay that under his nose when I see him tomorrow!

Lisa, the desire to get "well" is the first step on the path to learning to live with a disorder. What I recommend is a second opinion from another t to go along with the dx from your current t. Then I'd take that in writing to a new pdoc and see what happens. Just cause your pdoc has an ego doesn't mean that you have to believe him. Just my opinion though. Take it for what it's worth.

Ry