I haven't but the way we are wired there are many things that can send you into psychosis.

I'm not sure you will get anywhere with a small calims court. If someone is given an anti-depressent and it triggers an episode some doctors will just say "you are bipolar all this did was trigger it". And if you had no history before then it's not negligent to give you an anti-depressent.

Yep. Wellbutrin did it to me. Really you can't blame the doctor.... Celexa is a very popular medication and sometimes we have side effects, even severe ones. That isn't the doctors fault as they have no way to predict how someone will react to a medication. Side effects are all listed on the handout you get from the pharmacist, you have to make yourself aware of the possible side effects and just take your chances.

I think that happens to some people if they are on antidepressants but not mood stabilizers with them. I had a really bad manic brought on by effexor, it was before I was dx'd.

Of the three different hospitals I've been in, one caused me a lot of problems with meds. Yes, meds can cause problems due to incompetence on the part of providers and those who prescribe.

I took Wellbutrin for about a year before my first psychotic break. Very likely it could have had something to do with it, but I still take Wellbutrin just now I also take an antipsychotic with it.

Before my DX of BP

With out taking a complete mood History, a PA gave me a script for Paxil..The med from hell !

It induced a psychotic break, as I was not on a mood stabilizer.....a quick down hill and very bumpy ride for me

I do well on Celexa! But had a pdoc one time have me on 8 high dosages cocktail of psychosis - I have three weeks I don't remember, and 7 days asleep with IV"s as they detoxed me, and flushed me out... the only recourse? Don't go to him again....

Sucked....

Celexa made me pretty manic. I also had a similar situation with Paxil, and yes, I think I'd say Paxil made me have an episode that was not only psychotic, but like a seizure. I could not talk at one point.

This is why prescribing AD's is so controversial with bipolar. In my case, the Paxil came from UCSF, a medical university where you have to sign a waiver that exempts them from any malpractice claims because it's a teaching institution. So basically, you get to be the student's "homework" and they can totally fail.

Good luck with your situation; I would also see if you can get your file (you should be able to) and see if you signed any similar type of waiver before you try to sue. Some places cover their asses if they are free and/or involve employement of interns & med students.

ZSA I also think I had a mild seizure from the celexa and that's what started my psychosis! My dad found me convulsing on the floor.

As for suing, we are just upset that this woman tried to pass herself off as a doctor, and that this practice also tried to pass her off as a doctor when she was just a physician's assistant, that's the main thing we're upset about. Because I trusted her as a doctor and had no idea she was not one. We still have full pill bottles with her name on them and she is listed as a doctor on the pill bottles as well. I wont hold my breath over a law suit, but my dad is upset we could not contact her or anything while I was psychotic. She is not with that practice anymore. Oh well.

Hmmm. Actually, if she misrepresented herself (not that I'm a lawyer, mind you) I think that's actually grounds for some kind of compensation, on the part of the clinic or the pharmacy.

True, they can't control what effect a drug will have on you, but if they (clinic and/or pharmacy) are allowing people to write scripts when they have no business doing so, and the pharmacy has no verification on file, that sounds negligent, to say the least. Otherwise, wouldn't we all be writing ourselves scripts for Percocet or whatever?

So definitely contact a lawyer; also, this woman needs to be stopped. She could do real harm; even if she's gone from the clinic, cops could find her. Sick 'em!!!

I feel for you because I have had similar reaction when given an antidepressant, however, a Physicians Assistant is licensed to practice medicine under the supervision of a physician. They are also allowed to prescribe medicine in almost every state and yes, their name will be on the prescription bottle. I'm sorry for what happened to you but unfortunately I doubt you would have a case.

Well the day after i was in the E.R for seratonin syndrome, my pdoc rx'd seroquel....i think the mix of the two antidepressants (zoloft celexa)and adding the seroquel 24 hours later did the trick.....SCARY ass hallucinations

Lithium induced psychosis with a small dose. I think it was because of the NSAID or anti-inflammatory I was on, Naproxen. Apparently it magnifies the effect of lithium. My pdoc has still not figured it out. I read the compendium and it is right there in giant letters, and he knew I had RA. Well, may he doesn't realize most rheumies give open scripts for NSAIDS, because the ER doc never warned me about it interfering with my broken elbow not fusing. Fortunately, the orthopedic surgeon did when I got my foot reconstructed.

I've never really taken an AD. I did go to a pdoc the first time for depression, but my family doc was smart enough to have thought of the possibility that I might be bipolar, after having known me for a long time. The pdoc realize bipolar I and put me directly on lithium by-pass AD's. I took a full pill of Wellbutrin once, and was up for 2 days. So I don't know if the mania is because of lack of sleep, or an actual reaction in the brain. Or maybe different for everyone and different drugs??