Maybe bipolar

Hello,

My name is Christine and I'm 28 years old. When I was a teenager I was first tested and told that I was diagnosed with ADHD. But I had side effects of 2 different medications for it, so I was taken off of it and have been off of them for the last 10 years and instead have been taking antidepressants. But I even on the antidepressants I’ll still have days where I feel really down and don’t want to go anywhere and days where I’m really happy. But I’ve also noticed that when I go to target or another store and I pretty much always end up buying something and when I do it makes me feel happy/good. And I've always had pretty bad obsessiveness/obsessions that has controlled me so I thought I just had really bad OCD. So I went to my doctor and talked about how my mind is always racing, I jump from one task to another, and how I can’t sit still for more than a minute. So, she had me fill out the mood disorder questionnaire and said there’s a possibility that I may have bipolar disorder and wanted me to take 25 mg of lactimal for the first week and then take it twice a day so I’m up to 50 mg the second week. And if I am bipolar I wonder if that would explain why after my 17th birthday I was feeling really down and then I decided I wanted my belly button pierced so I lied to my mom and tried to get my older brother to take me to his friends shop to do it since I didn’t have my license yet. Unfortunately though my mom found out and grounded me. And so far with the lactimal I can tell you it sure has helped me; able to start tasks and finish them as well as sitting and not shaking my leg and being able to sit for longer periods of time. And the biggest thing is that my anxiety has gone way down and I don’t get as irritated as I used to be and don’t flip out on people. But the thing is I’m trying to figure out if hypomania would be me staying up until 3 or 4 am in college because I would have a hard time going to sleep yet I’d be tired but once I got some coffee in I’d be okay.

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Staying up till 03;00am etc will not help any condition you may have, you will need at the very least 6 hours sleep or even more. Coffee will just keep you awake and your Mental Health will become more problematic

I feel you are looking for answers and that is confusing you and any condition you think you have, the best way regards this confusion is to see your GP. Make a list of your questions and how you feel, this will help you get more out of your appointment.

Try never to second guess your concerns that will just make you feel worse and increase any Anxiety you may have. Your GP can help to move you down a positive pathway to better mental health if needed

BOB

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Thanks my counselor is wanting me to go to a psychiatrist to get tested for autism and ocd. And I had told my gp all those symptoms and she said it sounds like bipolar and had me answer the mood disorder questionnaire and she said I meet the criteria for bipolar and put me on 25 mg of Lamictal for the first week where I take it 1xday and then take it 2xday the second week in addition to my 15 mg of lexapro. But when I told my counselor this she wasn’t happy because she doesn’t think I have bipolar unless I have bipolar 2. Since taking the Lamictal I have noticed that I can focus a lot more and start and finish tasks without getting bored and stopping them and I’ve also noticed that I’m a lot more calmer and not as depressed and moody and even though stuff still irritates me I can deal with it a lot better than I used to when I was on just the lexapro:

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Christine follow your pathway as discussed by your Health Professionals, hopefully you will become more stable and move on. It sounds like you are doing well and will move on accordingly. If you can claim back your life as best you can and you will become more confident in yourself.

Just because you are having health concerns does not mean you will be trapped for the rest of your Life, Remember if you are determined enough you will succeed to follow the pathway you wish to follow and come to a rewarding situation that will be good for you

BOB

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It’s just hard because of the waiting to see a psychiatrist and I just want to know what’s going on with me. I also have a hard time talking to anyone about anything especially my doctor I just think there reactions will not be good and usually they’re the complete opposite of what I think and I also get myself worked up anticipating the outcome.