I saw the pdoc last week who wrote to my doc to start me on meds. I asked her why she w prescribing them and she said that it wasn't impoetnt which I found strange. However my care officer who comes to see me to give me support thought that the pdoc had told me last week but she hadn't so I didn't know until today.

I know i am still the same as I was before but now stressing about my job. I have talked to my boss about the process and have told her tonight about the diagnoses. Anyway I stupidly sent her a message asking of she still liked me ffs anyway she has not text me back so now i feel stupid and bloody paranoid.

I spoke to my mum and dad and they have both said that they suspdted it for years and that they are pleased with the diagnoses because it would explain alot.

Don't really know why i am crying all though I have been on a dowber for the past few days anyway.

perhaps everything has just been really up in the air since, perhaps it was all a bit of a stressful experience,but you've got to look at this positively which i know can be hard sometimes. but i cant see any negatives to you getting the help and support you need and deserve.

work should not treat you different if they do, sue them under breach of employment rights and equality rights 2010 :) x

what meds you on btw ? x

that would be employment rights and equality Act 2010 8-) x

No meds at the minute. Can't get appointment with dc till friday but they prescribing me depokote along side fluxetine. I have to have blood test first for liver function test.

It is a two edged sword, finding out that you are bipolar.

You have a lot of mental processing to do.

Learn as much as you can, keep in close contact with your Health Team.


You have the answer to what's been going on in your life....now it's time to learn how to manage it

Good luck
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I know it will be possitve future getting help and that's the reason that I have been through all this because I want to get help. Anyway guess its just going to take time

Thanks everyone x just feel empty right now and drained. Stopped crying now - for now anyway. Your right it is going to take some processing

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I was shocked/confused/relieved and everything in between when I was first diagnosed last August. I was in the hospital after having gone on yet another run-away drunk. I had been seeking treatment for 20+ years but ended up sort of trapped in the chemical dependency world, which, in my case, did not function cooperatively with mental health care.

I remember thinking "Are you kidding me?" All this torment and heartache over years of being undiagnosed and unmedicated? I think I felt like a previous poster who expressed relief that his actions weren't the result of moral bankruptcy.

It's going to be ok. You are in such a better position to lead the life of your making now that you have all the cards on the table. Hang in there!

Bless you.. things will come together with some time sweetie... great big hug of comfort for you..x

Just wanted to say than you to every one who responded. My head is not in a good place right now and I feel like running away. I wont because i am stronger then that. I am strong I am strong I am strong!!
Nothing can beat me not even me!

Hun I am sorry to hear that you have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. At least now you know what you have bee suffering from and hopefully it will lead to the right treatment.

I was in complete denial in November when my new pdoc told me I was bp2, I just brushed it off thinking he was another quack doctor.....then I cycled....owww that's when the reality hit me. I'm still grieving and going thru a MAJOR identity crisis right now...

I know how it feels.....I suspected my son had autism but when the dev ped confirmed it I lost cabin pressure...

Hang in there... I started running again this week and it's a great tool to add to the mix ( almost as good as the meds)

Welcome sweetie, everyone here is awesome