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thetaster
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Hi My names Dan, I've just joined the forum. Im 30 years old and have what I think might be Bipolar. I've had depression since my mid teens on and off and about 7 years ago I decided to take antidepressants because I could feel myself slipping into depression. I was on them for a year and I guess they pulled me out of depression but the trade off was that I felt numb and after a while I felt they wern't working and eventually came off them with horrible withdrawal symptoms, ( I taped off slowly btw). I never got to see a pdoc, just the gp who prescribed the antidepressant, it was sertraline (zoloft). Anyway cut to now...I'm in depression again I guess Its been like 2 years now though I can never tell exactly how long because its hard to know sometimes?
I reluctantly went to a new gp because I've moved to a different area and described how I felt, they said it sounded like I might have Bipolar, It also runs in my family....She refered me to the psyciatric hospital where I spoke to a councillor and I have an apointment with the pdoc on the 22 december, I think there going to formally diagnose me with bipolar. I'm worried about the medication, i dont want to turn into a zombie, but on the other hand my life is being affected now, I havnt worked for 2 years, I dont go out much e.t.c.. Sorry for rambling on
I'm just not sure if Im doing the right thing or not.. I feel kinda confused about the whole thing
I reluctantly went to a new gp because I've moved to a different area and described how I felt, they said it sounded like I might have Bipolar, It also runs in my family....She refered me to the psyciatric hospital where I spoke to a councillor and I have an apointment with the pdoc on the 22 december, I think there going to formally diagnose me with bipolar. I'm worried about the medication, i dont want to turn into a zombie, but on the other hand my life is being affected now, I havnt worked for 2 years, I dont go out much e.t.c.. Sorry for rambling on
