Hello, im new to this forum, just wanted to post my symptoms to hear from others who have this.
History of anxiety disorder
History of depression acute and situational
Fibromyalgia
functional gi disorder
two years ago i woke up one morning and had a mental break down. I started crying uncontrollbly and coudlnt sit still. I felt very depressed and anxious.
because of my history of depression i went to my pcp and got put back on an ssri wich usually helped with depression. This time it did not. it actually worsened things and cause a bunch of side effects. I was having a lot of up and downs ons this med.
i saw a psychiatrist for the first time.
He assed me and diagnosed me with (bi polar 2 hypomanic).
basically i may have never been diagnosed correctly long ago or its just something can can come on at any given time.
usually depression would come and go and was just mild unless a situation triggered it to a more severe case.
the last two years have been the hardest of my life mentally and emotionally because of this condition. It seems so much harder to manage than in times past.
i get some times of mild mood elevation wich has never been a problem, its actually nice to have some energy and feel good. Its the major depressive cycles that are the biggest problem.With some i guess normal or baseline days.
Meds taken in past.
ssri's, prozac, lexipro. Made things worse.
Lamictal, no help, caused major headaches and weight gain.
Im on nothing now for over one year and have maintained this so far. I feel i could use meds but am afraid to try new ones since the others didnt work, they want to put me on more hard core meds that i really dont want to try.
Ive learned alot about this disorder and hope to learn more from others.
thanks. This forum is awesome. 