hello everyone. i was diagnosed with depression about 4 months ago( which wasnt news to me)and was being treated for it with prozac-prescribed by my primary physician.. i had an adverse reaction-like a manic episode at work- and i got of prozac right away and onto disability and evaluations. after dealing with extreme depression, paranoia, and thoughts of death thruout the next couple weeks, the psychologist found it in her heart to fit me into her busy schedule. i was then diagnosed with bipolar disorder(not otherwise specified). apparently about 20% of people diagnosed with depression are mis-diagnosed and actually have bipolar. this is a very serious thing because the anti-depressents can make someone with bipolar do crazy things. so now im on a mood stabilizer called lamictal which has slim to no side effects. they are slowly increasing till im at 3oomgs. ive been on it for a month and i already feel much more stable.
just wanted to share. i hope this helps someone.
is anyone else dealing with bipolar and pcos? man life can be tough.
i deffinately think i am bipolar. ill be totally happy one minute, then depressed the next with no reason why. but a lot of new things have been going on, like i just left my friends and started college and its been really hard to make new friends. and my younger sister is having a hard time back home. that could also be contributing. but pcos doesnt help my self-esteem either :/
I've been diagnosed Manic Bipolar. I'm not sure if it's a true diagnosis, but I do get manic/depressive tendencies so it probably is. I go through periods of wild energy and insomnia followed by incredibly big crashes. I tried treatment and quit abruptly because I had a bad reaction to Depakote. Gonna try again in a few months, the crashes are hard to take.
__________________ Me (30) DH (37) DS (5/24/08)
MC 05/06 and 03/07
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was about 15. Then the same thing had happened to me, I became manic from anti-depressants. I can NEVER be on anti depressants. One minute you'll have this euphoric feeling like your on top of the world, and then the next you wanna kill yourself. That's how you really know you have bipolar disorder. But I'm on the same page as you, bipolar and have pcos . It's hard and my mood swings are crazy. It's good your taking a mood stabilizer though. With these two combined your moods can get really outta hand =/
Lamictal has worked well for me, but while ttc I have switched to phenobarbital as it has little to no risk for birth defects whereas lamictal can drastically increase the risk for cleft lip and cleft palate. Hope this helps.
bipolar and pcos 
