I saw my psych and asked him that. I ased him since I had been diagnosed with bipolar if that meant I didn't have ADHD. He told me that it may but that I may have both. He said that if I have both the bipolar needs to be treated first and then the ADHD but that he still wasn't going to medicate me for the AdHD because of the bad reaction I had to... Read more
I just got home from appt. with my psychiatrist. He has diagnosed me as having Bipolar disorder which leaves me wondering if that isn't what I haven't had all the time and the diagnosis of ADHD was just my bipolar. If not I am a little concerned about taking the meds that he prescribed me for the bipolar because the way he described it was that it... Read more
Well, I see my counselor tomorrow. It has been a week since I saw her and she told me I was "beyond help." I have for the most part maintained the schedule that she gave me while still making a few revisions to it to make it easier for me to comply with. When I see her tomorrow, I know she is going to ask me about the schedule and... Read more
I saw my counselor yesterday and we discussed the fact that I had been feeling suicidal this past week. She told me that I had been doing really good about calling the suicide hotline but that I was getting to the point where I was needing help beyond their resources. She told me that there were a fe things they could do before they would have to... Read more
I went to my counseling appt. today and when I went in I brought the questionnaire that my psychiatrist used to diagnose me and its results. She looked them over and said as long as the meds aren't making me feel worse, we'll roll with it. She said that since the psychiatrist and her are working towards the... Read more
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