Back to the drawing board
I could not cope at work. I was and still am exhausted. I would fight with people constantly. The smallest things would send me into a tailspin. I was throwing fits. My anxiety was off the charts. I …
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Anger, Rage and Crying
I went to a psychiatrist and he started asking questions. I explained to him that I sat in the car for hours before getting the courage to go into a shop. I also explained the rage and crying as well…
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I just want to feel normal
I went to a therapist and she diagnosed me with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I was referred to a Psychiatrist. He spent hardly anytime with me, and seemed to take the therapist's diagnosis as a corr…
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Myriad symptoms
Divorce, walking off perfectly good jobs with no plans, inability or lack of interest in parenting, allowed domestic abuse, loss of two vehicles, family and friends being frustrated at my lack of suc…
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Out of control, then depressed
Same as stated above, out of control then depressed. But thinking I had some health problems, this initially sent me to the doctor. I was also having problems with my supervisor at work. She was look…
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I was definitely a problem child
I spent weeks at work running a machine and crying all day along every day, feeling unloved unwanted. I felt like I was a bad mom and that my kids would be better off with me messing up their life li…
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Widespread episodes of psychotic mania
Fast forward to 1980. I had divorced and remarried and again gave birth to a darling daughter. I don't recall any problems with that pregnancy, but by 1992, I again experienced mania. Drs. couldn't d…
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My diagnosis - and my doctor - are WRONG!
In 2003, I got the courage to leave my husband and try to file for divorce. He convinced me to come home, and said that I had left him because I was bipolar.He told me to make an appointment with a p…
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I could have had more good days...
After about a week of "insane" mania, paranoia and rage my mother told me that either I go straight to the doctor or get out. She had said this before... but she was dead serious this time. At that m…
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Don't wait like I did
i am 27 now and i have been dealing with this since i was 18 i have seen many doctors and shrinks and counselors but i finally am seeing a great doctor who has helped me realise that i have bipolar t…
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Don't assume doctors are always right
My first memory of emotion was deep depression as a very young child. Even then I wanted to die. I also believe I was molested by a family member by marriage. I was hospitalized for the first time at…
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On a slippery slope
For a long time, I thought I was just a sad girl with ADHD. In fact, it was this assumption that would partially contribute to my initial misdiagnosis. Yet, for the most part my wild desperate, confu…
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Yep, that's me
I'd just gotten a great new job. My first in ten years that didn't involve a cash register, and one that I thought I really earned. Six months later, in the fall, that old familiar cold-weather depre…
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Strange treatment from doctors
Eventually I was unable to sleep and became very forgetful and disorganized. I was told by my first doctor 1996 that I had anxiety and bipolar but chose to prescribe Klonopin only. I asked him why an…
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The voices inside me were so strong...
Hearing voicesA friend said I needed counsellingI was diagnosed with ADD a long time ago but had not counsellingThrough out my life I had a problem with drugs and alcohol. Went to AA but relapsed of…
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