Unsure if My Diagnosis Changed? Unsure of What is Going On?

Oct 27, 2017 at 05:21 PM

Hey, so I was diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder, Severe Anxiety, and PTSD 2 years ago.

I am on Prozac, and have been for a while and had no issues. It helped with my depression a lot. But recently, I noticed my depression was coming back and my Dr. upped the dosage. Now, I am manic. I have never been manic before. And It is so overwhelming I do not know how to handle it. I'm restless, and racing thoughts, and talkative, and talk loud, talk fast, never complete my thoughts before going to a new one, cannot sleep much, do not eat much, overly excited over nothing, and I've started to get aggravated super easily. I do not like this one bit. I saw my dr. again and he put me on Lamictal for the mania. I do not know why, but this frightens me that my diagnosis changed. And these racing thoughts keep getting more and more. To anyone who has had a similar experience, how did you handle your first time being manic? how long before it goes away?

Oct 27, 2017 at 05:27 PM

It can take some time to get the diagnosis just right.

Phen-fen diet pills triggered my first mania. Olanzapine is fast-acting and smacks it right down very quickly.

Anyway, I am thankful I’m finally diagnosed. Well, more like I’m thankful I finally accepted it. The lithium seems to be reducing my anxiety.

You might get more responses in the bipolar forum, if the thread isn’t moved.

Travelinglady · Oct 30, 2017 at 01:02 PM

I would think you'd now be labeled as bipolar. When an antidepressant triggered my first manic episode, I got that diagnosis.

eskielover · Oct 30, 2017 at 01:21 PM

I am Not Bipolar but Prozac caused me to not sleep or eat. It triggered anorexia in me.

Hope your Pdoc didt just give you Lamictal & leave you on the same dose of prozac too. Sometimes a mania can be induced by drugs....doesnt necessarily mean Bipolar can just be a side effect to the drug.

I would want to know that before ever having a new lable given to me....especially with all the bad side effects psych drugs have caused in me.

Oct 30, 2017 at 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by eskielover

I am Not Bipolar but Prozac caused me to not sleep or eat. It triggered anorexia in me.

Hope your Pdoc didt just give you Lamictal & leave you on the same dose of prozac too. Sometimes a mania can be induced by drugs....doesnt necessarily mean Bipolar can just be a side effect to the drug.

I would want to know that before ever having a new lable given to me....especially with all the bad side effects psych drugs have caused in me.

He lowered the prozac down to the previous dose and added lamictal. But he put me on a super fast track of lamictal for dosage. That's why I am so concerned about it.

I definitely want to know if he changed my diagnosis, but I'm too scared to ask. I wonder if my therapist could ask him for me?

Sunflower123 · Oct 30, 2017 at 08:01 PM

Yes, your therapist could talk to your pdoc if you’ve given permission to exchange information if you live in a place that requires it.

eskielover · Oct 30, 2017 at 11:16 PM

I would ask & not be afraid of talking to yoyr pdoc. You could just open your question eith was that manic state I experienced from the prozac since it might actually take more interface than just asking if he changed it. You have a right to know whether that manic state was med induced. If he feeks it wasnt then the discussiln goes on as to whether he thinks your dx is really something different from the depression.

NORMALLY it takes time to see a bipolar cycle & get the picture of more than a one time occurance before they change a dx. But it is a very worthwhile discussion FOR YOU TO HAVE woth your pdoc. You are paying him to WORK WITH YOU & part of that work is to discuss everything about your condition & how the meds you ate given are effecting you. Your pdoc IS NOT GOD you need to communicate with him ABOUT YOU.

Oct 30, 2017 at 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by eskielover

I would ask & not be afraid of talking to yoyr pdoc. You could just open your question eith was that manic state I experienced from the prozac since it might actually take more interface than just asking if he changed it. You have a right to know whether that manic state was med induced. If he feeks it wasnt then the discussiln goes on as to whether he thinks your dx is really something different from the depression.

NORMALLY it takes time to see a bipolar cycle & get the picture of more than a one time occurance before they change a dx. But it is a very worthwhile discussion FOR YOU TO HAVE woth your pdoc. You are paying him to WORK WITH YOU & part of that work is to discuss everything about your condition & how the meds you ate given are effecting you. Your pdoc IS NOT GOD you need to communicate with him ABOUT YOU.

Thanks, Eskielover. I will ask him, and my therapist about it. I guess I am just afraid of what the answer might be. I don't know for sure.

eskielover · Oct 30, 2017 at 11:54 PM

What is there to REALLY be afraid about? Its better to KNOW for sure if the mania was prozac caused because that is something youvseriously need to know for yourself if that is what happened. You need to log ALL negative effects that meds cause you. Shoot, my pdoc tried a bery tiny low dose of lamictal & i btoke out in a rash & itched all over. I finally had to give up on drugs all together becausevthe side effects were so bad & fearedbtrying anything new without being hospitalized.

bioChE · Oct 31, 2017 at 07:48 PM

Just ask your doc what his current diagnosis is. It’s no big deal, and shouldn’t be a scary question.

I’m not a fan of the present trend in psychiatry that allows an AD-induced mania to get someone a BP label....but it is what it is. I feel there’s a trend to label everyone BP because it’s easily accepted by insurance companies for both treatment and paying for expensive brand medications. Has anyone seen any new brand-name antidepressants launched in recent years? I can’t think of any, but I can think of a whole host of antipsychotics, even when they’re things like Latuda that have bipolar depression as their only FDA indication. And that comes with a price tag of over $1k/mo.

I’m not a conspiracy theorist by any means, but I do think it’s odd that everyone in the ‘90s got a diagnosis of MDD, and it seems everyone today gets a diagnosis of BP.

eskielover · Oct 31, 2017 at 08:31 PM

There was also the trend to lable everyone they couldnt figure out eith BPD (borderline)

I so agree. Big pharma also creates psych meds that cause diabetes (probably through tbe weight gain also) They should be FORCED to control unhealthy side effects that create orher problems that create the need for a whole host of other drugs that people end up being required in their life.

I had this conversation with a physicisn assistant friend of mine & she validated this is happening

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Travelinglady Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Sep 2010 Location: North Carolina Posts: 48,121 (SuperPoster!) 13 22.9k hugs given	Oct 30, 2017 at 01:02 PM #3 I would think you'd now be labeled as bipolar. When an antidepressant triggered my first manic episode, I got that diagnosis.
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Sunflower123 Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jan 2015 Location: USA Posts: 26,543 (SuperPoster!) 9 95k hugs given	Oct 30, 2017 at 08:01 PM #6 Yes, your therapist could talk to your pdoc if you’ve given permission to exchange information if you live in a place that requires it.
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