Well, I have good news.
I saw the psychiatrist today. She said a few things:
1) I am not bipolar. I have no criteria for that diagnosis.
2) She believes I experienced Post Traumatic stress from my fahter dying.
3) She thinks I am just "grieving" and need to allow myself to go through this.
4) She thinks I have had a bad chemical reaction to Lexapro and it has caused me to be worse, and almost put me into a psychotic episode.. She said, " you are not psychotic but sometimes chemicals can induce those type of thoughts."
Well that is odd. You would think that if you were bipolar you would have noticed symptoms long before!!! I am thinking it is the Lexapro only because when I took it a year ago (just recently started up again) but the first time I took it I never in my life felt depressed UNTIL I took Lexapro! I would tell my doctor "I am not depressed." and then after a month on the meds I would have to tell her that the panic is gone but I feel so depressed!!!!
Be sure to keep us posted. :(
I also was announced to be bi polar and I don't even have those symptoms nor does it run in my family. Just be carefull..... Doctors are too quick to judge. I have been struggling with this now for 5 months so if I were bi polar than why am I still having the same symptoms with the medications they gave me.
They don't know they are just trained to medicate.
Good luck
I am thoroughly confused right now..
I started Lexapro because of anxiety and panic attacks. They have been elimanated and in the process, I have been left with extreme head fogginess, like I'm not real, etc.. I also notice I can go from feeling almost euphoric to severely and utterly depressed.
I've never had depression until one month on this Lexapro.
So I am telling my doctor all this today and she says, " I think you may be bipolar. Do you have a family history?"
the thing is.. I do. My father is severely bi polar and his mother was as well (she committed suicide).
And yeah, maybe my weirdness the last few weeks seems like it BUT I've never had this until a month on Lexapro. Why would I suddenly be bipolar?
They are sending me to a psychologist in the morning. Hopefully they will listen to me and rule out just a reaction to the Lexapro..
I don't want to be in a denial but I just don't see any symptoms (up until this past month) that are anything like my dad and grandmother.
I am so frustrated.
