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Fehrenbach16
Fehrenbach16
Recently I was having a lot of moments when I was very depressed. I thought that my depression medicine had to be changed. My therapist referred me for a psych eval so they could assess the situation. Her finding was that I was not depressed, I was suffering from Bipolar 2. Has anyone been diagnosed with this after suffering depression?
jaclyn1973
jaclyn1973
Get a second opinion. Do some reading and see what you think. A psychiatrist spent 5 minutes with me and said I was bi-polar. It is possible I am, but I feel that that is the disease du jour right now. Bi-polar and ADHD and autism. (No offense to anyone who has these diseases). While there are guidelines, I feel its still very subjective.
I rejected the diagnosis because when I went to see a specialist about my severe headaches, which I've always had...the minute he saw the bi-polar med, he stopped asking me anything and gave me a prescription for a med I'd already taken and didnt like.
PLUS, keep an eye on the meds you are given. When they added the bi-polar to mine and the headache med, that made 3 or 4 meds required a close watch on my kidneys/liver.
When I saw that, I threw away the headache med and the bi-polar med. I am having some probs now...If the current meds dont work, I might revisit the bi-polar.
Fehrenbach16
Fehrenbach16
Jaclyn1973
Did you o to another psychiatrist for your second opinion?
Fehrenbach16
Fehrenbach16
Jaclyn1973,

I meant go to another psychiatrist.
BlueYonderDreams
BlueYonderDreams
I haven't been in the same place, but it's not uncommon for someone to be diagnosed with depression only to be correctly diagnosed as bi-polar. If this is your first psych evaluation I would guess why you are getting a new diagnosis. You might not have had a correct diagnosis before.

If you are uncomfortable with the diagnosis get a second opinion with another psychiatrist. Good luck!
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